The story of architecture

In this sweeping history, from the Stone Age to the present day, Witold Rybczynski shows how architectural ideals have been affected by technological, economic, and social changes-and by changes in taste. The host of examples ranges from places of worship such as Hagia Sophia and Brunelleschi's...

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Main Author: Rybczynski, Witold,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Physical Description: xi, 348 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm.
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