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The great builders  Cover Image Book Book

The great builders

Powell, Ken, 1947- (Added Author).

Summary: A celebration of the lives and careers of forty pioneering designers provides a global tour of the great structures of the world, from St. Paul's Cathedral to the Sydney Opera House and the Taj Mahal.

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  • ISBN: 9780500251799
  • ISBN: 0500251797
  • Physical Description: print
    304 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: PIONEERS OF STRUCTURE -- The father of Renaissance architecture / Filippo Brunelleschi -- Architect to the House of Tamerlane / Qavam al-Din Shirazi -- Wood sculptor, architect and student of antiquity / Giuliano da Sangallo -- Master architect of the Ottoman Empire / Sinan -- Mughal emperor and builder / Shah Jahan -- Scientist, architect and engineer / Christopher Wren -- Foremost military engineer of the 17th century / Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban --
Subject: Architects -- Biography
Architects and engineers -- Biography
Architectural design -- History
Structural design -- History
Architecture and technology -- History
Engineers -- Biography

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Interurban Library NA 40 G74 2011 (Text) 26040003058969 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

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