Architecture the groundbreaking moments
Isabel Kúhl ; [translated by Claudia Stáuble ; editorial direction Philippa Hurd and Julie Kiefer ; timelines and index Andrea Jaroni].
- Munich Prestel c2012.
- 191 p. ill. (chiefly col.) 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Pyramids: the first houses built for eternity -- A Greek invention: the classical orders -- The first architecture on paper -- The first domes -- How the Basilica became a church -- Vaulted ceilings -- Brighter, higher, further: the first cathedrals -- Man becomes the measure of all things: Renaissance architecture -- Symmetry first: the centrally planned building -- Baroque buildings: architecture in motion -- The first palaces -- Wood? Stone? Iron! -- Architecture that scrapes the sky -- The first houses made of glass -- First function, then form -- Building with light -- Raw and unadorned: the first reinforced concrete buildings -- A momentous invention: ArchiSculpture -- The triumph of high-tech -- The adventure of Deconstructivism: form follows fantasy.
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Architecture--History. Architecture and society.--History.