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The Great Builders


  • Thames & Hudson
  • by Kenneth Powers, Kenneth Powell
The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history.

ISBN 9780500251799 | E | HB
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Publisher Thames & Hudson
ISBN 9780500251799
Author(s) Kenneth Powers, Kenneth Powell
Publication date September 2011
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 246 x 186 mm
Illustrations 157 col.ill.
Pages 304
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Description

A wonderfully illustrated survey of 40 architect-engineers who have been pioneers in both aesthetic design and technological innovation.

The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. This book, in the same series as The Great Naturalists and The Great Explorers, will appeal to anyone with an interest in architecture, buildings, engineering, urban planning or the history of the built environment.