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050 1 4 _aNA200
_b.W412 2015
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100 1 _aWatkin, David,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA history of Western architecture /
_cDavid Watkin.
250 _aSixth edition.
260 _aLondon :
_bLaurence King Publishing,
_c2015.
265 _aالمكتبة الأكاديمة
300 _a736 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aسيد التونسي / كلية الهندسة
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 720-724) and index.
505 0 _aMesopotamia and Egypt -- The classical foundation : Greek, Hellenistic, Roman -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian and Romanesque -- The Gothic experiment -- Renaissance harmony -- Baroque expansion -- Eighteenth-century classicism -- The nineteenth-century -- Art nouveau -- The twentieth century -- The twenty-first century.
520 _aTraces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. The author emphasizes that "traditional architecture has re-established itself as a solution to the many problems presented by new needs and new materials ... the classical language of architecture is always modern. ... This new edition covers.. [structures] in [other areas of the world] as products of globalization, the attention paid to sustainability, energy; recycling elements of buildings; the passion for astonishing height but also architecture on a human scale, and urban planning [issues].
650 0 _aArchitecture
_xHistory.
650 0 _aArchitecture and society
_xHistory.
650 7 _aArchitecture.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00813346
650 7 _aArchitecture and society.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00813574
655 7 _aHistory.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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