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Architectural theory : from the Renaissance to the present / with a preface by Bernd Evers and an introduction by Christof Thoenes ; in cooperation with the Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin ; [English translation, Gregory Fauria, Jeremy Gaines, Michael Shuttleworth].

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bibliotheca universalisPublication details: Koln; Taschen; 2003Description: 845 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9783822816998
  • 382281699X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720 EVE 23 15050
Contents:
Italy / Veronica Biermann [and 3 others] -- Christian Freigang, Jarl Kremeier -- Barbara Borngässer Klein -- Carsten Ruhl --Bernd Evers, Jürgen Zimmer -- Gilbert Lupfer, Jürgen Paul, Paul Sigel. France / Spain / England /Germany / 20th century /
Summary: "The present volume discusses the most important treatises on architecture from the Renaissance to today. The authors explore the origins of each treatise and examine the motives that have prompted architects over the past 500 years to set down their ideas on paper. Grouped by nation and epoch, the writings of Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio, Marc-Antoine Laugier, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, John Shute Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Aldo Rossi and Rem Koolhaas are just some of those discussed"--Inside front --
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"Original edition: ©2003 TASCHEN GmbH"-- colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 826-833) and index.

Italy / Veronica Biermann [and 3 others] -- Christian Freigang, Jarl Kremeier -- Barbara Borngässer Klein -- Carsten Ruhl --Bernd Evers, Jürgen Zimmer -- Gilbert Lupfer, Jürgen Paul, Paul Sigel. France / Spain / England /Germany / 20th century /

"The present volume discusses the most important treatises on architecture from the Renaissance to today. The authors explore the origins of each treatise and examine the motives that have prompted architects over the past 500 years to set down their ideas on paper. Grouped by nation and epoch, the writings of Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio, Marc-Antoine Laugier, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, John Shute Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Aldo Rossi and Rem Koolhaas are just some of those discussed"--Inside front --

Translated from the German.

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