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Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 416 pages. This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings.Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscr apers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores th e most impressive and characterful creations in world architecture.His selection includes many of the world?s best-known buildings that represent key or pione ering moments in architectural history, such as the Pantheon in Rome, Hagia Soph ia in Turkey, the Taj Mahal in India and the Forbidden City in China.But the boo k also covers less obvious and more surprising structures, the generally unsung heroes of an endlessly fascinating story. Buildings like Oriel Chambers in Liver pool and the Narkomfin Apartment Building in Moscow.Dan Cruickshank has visited nearly all the buildings in the book, many in locations that are now inaccessibl e and under serious threat. A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings is an elo quent and often moving testimony to the power of great architecture to shape, an d be shaped by, world history. …

Zustand: NEW.