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152,25 zł
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"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."
21st-century London: The...
110,25 zł
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This book presents a selection of the most exciting building projects in London since the year 2000. The first decade of the twenty-first century has marked out London as arguably the pre-eminent international city for innovative and ambitious architecture, with the design and construction of imaginative buildings of all types. Projects range in size and budget from such landmark structures as the ‘Gherkin’ (30 St Mary Axe) and the forthcoming ‘Shard’ (London Bridge Tower) to such cultural projects as the Young Vic theatre and the new Tate Modern extension; from offices, schools and hospitals to shops and private houses.
RAILWAY STATIONS
136,50 zł
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This book presents a history of the railway station, citing its most significant developments in terms of architecture and design. From the building of the Gare de l'Est in 1850s Paris, to the striking proposal for a new Pennsylvania Station in New York City in the late 1990s, the stations are documented through archival material, including engineering drawings and period photographs, as well as contemporary photographs revealing major restoration projects. Other stations featured include the Santa Justa station in Seville by Antonio Cruz and Antonio Oritz, a station in Kyoto by Hiroshi Hara, the Lyon TGV Station by Santiago Calatrava, and the Arnhem Station by Dutch architects Ben von Berkel and Caroline Bos of UN Studio, one of the today's leading design firms.