基本信息出版社：Thames & Hudson
页码：304 页
出版日期：2009年06月
ISBN：0500284008
International Standard Book Number：0500284008
条形码：9780500284001
EAN：9780500284001
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语

内容简介 St. Peter’s Basilica, the Taj Mahal, the Topkapi Palace, the Sydney Opera House, the Hoover Dam—the world’s greatest structures capture the imagination, whether they are places of worship, palaces of pleasure, skyscrapers, bridges, dams, or colossal statues. Many of these structures are the tallest, longest, or largest of their kind, but sheer size alone does not make a building impressive: one finds aesthetic power combined with structural virtuosity in the small chapel at Ronchamp in France or the temple of Byodo-in near Kyoto, with its elegant wooden roof.

作者简介 Neil Parkyn, an architect and city planner, is a prize-winning journalist and illustrator. He lives in England.