How Architecture Works

How Architecture Works
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780374211745
ISBN-13 : 0374211744
Rating : 4/5 (744 Downloads)

Book Synopsis How Architecture Works by : Witold Rybczynski

Download or read book How Architecture Works written by Witold Rybczynski and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores "fundamental questions about how good--and not-so-good--buildings are designed and constructed. Introducing the reader to the rich and varied world of modern architecture, [the author] takes us behind the scenes, revealing how architects as different as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, and Robert A. M. Stern envision and create their designs"--Dust jacket flap.


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