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 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
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