50 buildings you should know / txt
Fifty buildings you should know
Isabel Kuhl.
- 157 p. : ill.; photo. col. ; 25 cm. book
Includes index.
The Great Pyramid of Giza -- Karnak Temple -- The Parthenon -- The Colosseum -- Petra -- Tikal -- Hagia Sophia -- San Vitale -- Horyuji Temple -- Palatine Chapel in Aachen -- Borobudur -- The Mezquita -- Durham Cathedral -- The Hradc̆any -- Angor Wat -- Notre Dame -- Castel Del Monte -- Westminister Abbey -- The Forbidden City -- The Doge's Palace -- Cathedral Dome in Florence -- The Kremlin -- St Peter's Basilica -- Château of Chambord -- Machu Picchu -- Villa la Rotonda -- Taj Mahal -- Potala Palace -- Versailles -- Zwinger Palace -- Upper Belvedere -- The Louvre -- Monticello -- Royal Crescent -- United States Capitol -- La Sagrada Família -- The Eiffel Tower -- Carson Pirie Scott Building -- Bauhaus -- Chrysler Building -- Casa Malaparte -- The Glass House -- Notre Dame Du Hart -- Guggenheim Museum in New York -- TWA Terminal -- Congress Building Brasília -- Sydney Opera House -- Olympic Park in Munich -- Jewish Museum Berlin -- National Stadium in Beijing.
Presents fifty buildings in chronological order, representing intriguing and awe-inspiring structures from all over the world. Along with the Pyramids of Cheops, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, this book teaches about other masterpieces such as the Hagia Sophia in Turkey; Cambodia's Temple Complex at Angkor Wat; and the Jewish Museum in Berlin.