Wonders of World Architecture: Amazing Structures and How They Were Built

Author: Neil Parkyn
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Category: Architecture, Architectural Structure & Design, Public Buildings: Civic, Commercial, Industrial, Etc, Religious Buildings
Book Format: Paperback

St. Peter's Basilica, the Taj Mahal, the Topkapi Palace, the Sydney Opera House, the Hoover Dam-the world's greatest structures capture the imagination, whether they are places of worship, palaces of pleasure, skyscrapers, bridges, dams, or colossal statues. Many of these structures are the tallest, longest, or largest of their kind, but sheer size alone does not make a building impressive: one finds aesthetic power combined with structural virtuosity in the small chapel at Ronchamp in France or the temple of Byodo-in near Kyoto, with its elegant wooden roof.

Table Of Contents
Churches, Mosques, Temples & Shrines: Hagia Sophia * The Temple at Tanjavur * The Temple of Byodo-in * St Mark's Cathedral * The Leaning Tower of Pisa * Chartres Cathedral * King's College Chapel * St Peter's Basilica * The Mosque of Selim II, Edirne *The Taj Mahal * St Paul's Cathedral * The Pantheon, Paris * The Sagrada Familia * The Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp Palaces & Castles: The Alhambra * The Forbidden City * The Topkapi * The Kremlin * The Escorial * Versailles * The Potala Palace * Schloss Schoenbrunn * The Winter Palace * Neuschwanstein Castle * The Viceroy's House, New Delhi * La Cuesta Encantada: Hearst's Castle Public & State Buildings: The Houses of Parliament * Crystal Palace * The Opera, Paris * The Pentagon * The Guggenheim Museum, New York * Walt Disney World * The Sydney Opera House * The Louisiana Superdome * The Pompidou Centre * Kansai Airport * The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Towers & Skyscrapers: The Washington Monument * The Eiffel Tower * The Empire State Building * The Gateway Arch * The World Trade Center * The Sears Tower * The CN Tower * The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank * Petronas Towers * New York-New York Hotel * The London Eye Bridges, Railways & Tunnels: The Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale * The Thames Tunnel * Brooklyn Bridge * The Canadian Pacific Railway * The Forth Rail Bridge * Jungfrau Rail System * The Moscow Underground * Golden Gate Bridge * Seikan Tunnel * The Channel Tunnel * The Great Belt * Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Canals and Dams: The Erie Canal * The Suez Canal * The Panama Canal * The Hoover Dam * Itaipu Dam * Dutch Sea Barrier * The Three Gorges Dam Colossal Statues: The Statue of Liberty * The Statue of Christ Redeemer * Mount Rushmore
About Neil Parkyn
Neil Parkyn is an architect and city planner who has worked in sixteen
countries. He is also a prize-winning journalist and illustrator.

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Brand Thames & Hudson Ltd
Artist / Author Neil Parkyn
Shipping Weight 1.3000kg
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Assembled Height 26.000m
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