St Paul's Cathedral is an iconic British building combining Renaissance and Baroque elements. Vaughan Hart examines Wren's extraordinary exterior, brilliantly constructed dome and radiant interior. The Church of the Sacred Heart by Joze Plecnik -- a key representative of the Modern Movement -- dominates a quiet square in Prague; Ivan Margolius discusses the classical and traditional Slovenian elements which create a building of great architectural force. The Church on the Water and Church of the Light complement each other ...
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St Paul's Cathedral is an iconic British building combining Renaissance and Baroque elements. Vaughan Hart examines Wren's extraordinary exterior, brilliantly constructed dome and radiant interior. The Church of the Sacred Heart by Joze Plecnik -- a key representative of the Modern Movement -- dominates a quiet square in Prague; Ivan Margolius discusses the classical and traditional Slovenian elements which create a building of great architectural force. The Church on the Water and Church of the Light complement each other perfectly: one rural and 'open', the other urban and 'closed'. Philip Drew explains how Ando created in them a synthesis of opposites. Considering these churches together allows an insight into the varying approaches taken by architects towards creating sacred Christian space.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good- 0714838772. With original quarterbound covers. With b/w and colour plates and illustrations. Slight soiling to front cover as well as slight fading to spine. Slight wear to spine, covers and corners.; Architecture 3S S.; 30x30x2cms; 180 pages.
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Book. Small Square Quarto; unpaginated; G; light gray spine with white and black text; no jacket; this volume only; cloth has sunned spine; some rubbing wear to corners; light rubbing wear to panels; strong boards; text block has mild wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated; . 1325285. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fine in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover, 12 x 12", Small Square Quarto; unpaginated though series of photographs and designs of individual churches paginated. Pages clean and unmarked except for handwritten Turkish name (mamber, U.S. Green Building Council at top of page edge, letter "G" printed at bottom page edge. With text and photographs of St. Paul Cathedral (1675) by Christopher Wren (Vaughn Hart), Church of the Sacred Heart by Jose Plecnik (Ivan Margolius) and Church of the Water and Church of the Light by Tadao Ando (Japan) (Philiip Drew). With numerous color and black and white photographs and technical drawings many half-or full-pages. FL right of II
