Visions of Architecture

This fascinating study of the development of Western architecture<br/>focuses on a unique selection of 52 buildings - mostly from the last<br/>300 years - examining why they have been designed in a particular way <br/>the methods and materials used to construct them and their impact on<br/>the development of construction technology. <br/><br/><br/><br/>The buildings have been chosen for their interesting history or design <br/>or both and are each beautifully illustrated as an architectural line<br/>drawing. They range from St Pancras Hotel in London to the Pennsylvania<br/>Railroad Station in New York City to the Stoclet Palace in Brussels<br/>and the Acropolis in Athens. Drawing on a range of subject matters <br/>from art through to politics economics and religion the author<br/>reveals a story about each of the buildings and the motivations of the<br/>societies rulers or individuals that created them. <br/>