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About the Author

He is Chairman of the Architecture Centre at the RIBA. 050

Includes the name: Ed. Dennis Sharp

Obras de Dennis Sharp

Santiago Calatrava (1994) 18 cópias
Manchester (City Buildings) (1969) 3 cópias

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Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1933-11-30
Data de falecimento
2010-05-06
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Educação
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Ocupação
architect
bookseller

Membros

Resenhas

Confession... I did not read the ENTIRE book. It is practically an encyclopedia! Since it is an older publication,the pictures are in black and white. I can only imagine what some of these buildings look like in color. Still, little blurbs about architecture are perfect when you have a summer-time attention span!
 
Marcado
Zaiga | Sep 23, 2019 |
I really like the large-format case studies that Phaidon published in the 1990s, almost as much as I like the cheaper triplets they collected into hardcover volumes, such as this one. If I could have only one of those titles, this would be the one, given the quality and importance of the buildings. By virtue, each case study is an important building, but the Bauhaus by Gropius, Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation and Louis I. Kahn's Salk Institute are three of the greatest pieces of architecture, three must-see modern buildings. Like the others 3s, the descriptions are thorough, the photographs beautiful, and the drawings helpful in understanding each building.… (mais)
 
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archidose | May 9, 2017 |
Monograph Library - shelved at: B11:CON
 
Marcado
HB-Library-159 | outras 2 resenhas | Oct 19, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
23
Also by
1
Membros
219
Popularidade
#102,099
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
8
ISBNs
37
Idiomas
2

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