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Icons of World Architecture

By Werner Blaser
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Werner Blaser embarks on a detailed exploration to answer the enduring question, "What constitutes good architecture?" This comprehensive volume combines a study of architectural quality with a broad overview of architectural history. Through analysis of iconic buildings and insightful texts, it reveals the elements and relationships that define architectural excellence. The author enriches the narrative with striking photographs from his extensive archive, illustrating the fundamentals of architectural design and human perception.
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Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, Werner Blaser vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception.

Study about good quality architecture by presenting important icons of architectural history and demonstrating basic foundations of architecture and perception.

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What constitutes good architecture? is a question Werner Blaser was always asked by friends, readers, companions and students. In this comprehensive work, the author sets out on a search for the answer to that question.

This volume is not only a fascinating study about quality in architecture, but also a comprehensive overview of architectural history. By analysing special buildings, different aspects and interconnections become clear, which by themselves or in combination define an architectural quality.

Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, the author vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception.

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ISBN: 9783721207972

Publisher: Niggli Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 2012

Country: Switzerland

Imprint: Niggli Verlag

Illustration: 170 Colour

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 930g

Pages: 176

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