Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture

Dan Cruickshank

ISBN 10: 029784444X / ISBN 13: 9780297844440

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London England, 2008

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Hardcover. First Edition. Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture. Dan Cruickshank takes us to the buildings he believes have changed the world, be it an igloo in Greenland, a mud skyscraper in the Yemen, an exquistely proportioned Palladian villa in Italy, an Ossuary in the Czech Republic, the remote Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan or the Imperial Harem in Instanbul. He shows how in truly great buildings function, material and purpose combine to make architecture the richest and most complex of amn's artistic endeavours. Dan's selection of buildings is bold, personal and often surprising, spanning different cultures, climates and scales of architecture. Illustrated. 288 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London England
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 029784444X
• ISBN 13: 9780297844440
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Dan takes us to the buildings he believes have changed the world, revealing how in truly great buildings function, material and purpose connect to all other parts of life - showing how architecture is the richest and most compelx of man's artistic endeavours. Do his chosen buildings live up to expectation, or does he find disappointment and lost ideals? Architecture is an art, a science and a craft. But buildings also have to fulfil a function, cater for human use, withstand the forces of nature, and be built to a budget. Dan considers all these aspects as he looks at places, some well known, many less so, as varied as the Catherine Palace in St Petersburg, the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, the Hanging Temple in Shanxi in China, Astana in Kazakhstan, Brasilia, Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, the Lupanare Brothels in Pompeii, and the building of an igloo, man's earliest exercise in the creation of shelter, in Greenland.

About the Author

Dan Cruickshank is a regular presenter on the BBC best known for his popular BBC2 series THE BEST BUILDINGS OF BRITAIN and WHAT THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION DID FOR US. He is one of Britain's leading architectural and historic building experts. For Omnibus he has travelled to Afghanistan and Iraq to discover what cultural treasures remain after years of looting and civil war.