"200 pages of informative words and stirring images covering seminal architects and their creations, from Hemiunu’s Great Gaza Pyramid to leading contemporary lights."
Underpinned by a desire to “awaken a greater appreciation of your built environment”, this elegant anthology from award-winning architect Ike Ijeh showcases the world’s fifty greatest architects, through time, and across the globe.
Framed in a compelling relatable context (“Of all art forms, architecture is ultimately a human story, and the most rewarding aspect of unravelling that story and shedding light on those who have made it great is that we learn a little something about ourselves”), Ijeh provides us with engaging biographies of each architect, alongside showstopping photos and illustrated plans of their major creations.
Featuring key figures from every major era and movement - among them Hemiunu, creator of the Great Gaza Pyramid, Brunelleschi, the founding father of Renaissance architecture, Sinan, who designed almost 400 buildings in Turkey, Eastern Europe and the Middle East at the peak of the Ottoman Empire, and exceptional present-day practitioners - the author offers insights into why their work may be deemed “great” to create a book that’s both enlightening and beautiful.
Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-color photography.
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Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-color photography. The architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture.
The 50 Greatest Architects features in the following genres: History, Biographies & Autobiographies, History of architecture, Individual architects and architectural firms, Reference works, The Arts, Architecture, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects, Encyclopaedias and reference works, History and Archaeology, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Recommendations
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The 50 Greatest Architects was written by Ike Ijeh and published by Arcturus Publishing Ltd
The 50 Greatest Architects has 208 pages
Yes it is part of 50 Greatest series
