DAN CRUICKSHANK
ARCHITECTURE; A HISTORY IN 100 BUILDINGS
OUTLINE
Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most impressive world architecture, including the Pantheon in Rome, Hagia Sophia in Turkey, the Taj Mahal in India and the Forbidden City in China.
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His exploration is a "personal and intimate affair," and he examines world architecture under differing rubrics, exploring functions and purposes of the buildings. He makes a distinction between buildings and architecture and looks at what makes a building exceptional. He asks how buildings are expressive, and to what purpose; the significance of the tension between conservative and progressive tendencies; and the role of the sacred and of aesthetics. - Publishers Weekly.
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