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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture: Comprehensive Edition by: Phaidon Press City Travel Guides Price: £100.00 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 724.7 EAN: 9780714843124 ISBN: 0714843121 Label: Phaidon Press Ltd Manufacturer: Phaidon Press Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 824 Publication Date: April 30, 2004 Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd Studio: Phaidon Press Ltd Sales Rank: 116951 Related Items:
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 Rating: - stunningIf you only ever buy one book on the architecture of our time buy this one! Insparational, Beautifuly put together and packed with the information you need to know. It takes weeks to get through it all and it weighs a ton. After many of the buildings in this book will crumbled in to the earth this book will still be standing. Rating: - An Architecture students view....Bargain! I am used to buying Architecture course books at simliar prices that do not inspire you at all! The Phaidon Atlas on the other hand is full of inspiration. The book lacks Architectural detail, but as a general look into world Architectue it is fantastic. Many of the buildings featured in the book are covered in many of my Architecture course lectures. So to have this book, and be able to look at the building prices, location, its architects and their other works is really useful. Most interestingly of all is the chance to quickly compare the different buildings and styles in the same country or continent. This book would be perfect for anyone looking to go into a career in Architecture, or anyone that appreciates great ... Read More: Rating:  - too much?It is a huge books, in all meanings of the word "huge". Tall, heavy and full of information and photos. As others wrote, it must have been an enormous work to get all this together. But there are also some negatives: even a book of 8 kilo lacks the space to describe more than 1000 buildings in detail; the fact that it is limited in scope (1998-2003) and outdated by the time you get it; the question "where do I go from here" after seeing all this condensed information together. Maybe it is just too much information. Still, even with this criticism, it is a book to go through time and time again, and look in awe to all these works. Rating: - WOWWhat an absolutely fantastic book! Even my friends, who are not architects, were thoroughly "wowed" by it. The selection of buildings is stunning and is an inspiration to all who call themselves designers. I would however recommend you take some weight training before trying to lift this book. At £60.00 it is a bargain; I expected to pay around £200. Rating: - Phaidon Have done it again!Another fantastic book from Phaidon. Well worth the £70 even worth the £100 it retails for. I well recommend this book to any architecture student or anyone interested in architecture. |
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