Even the most inventive and revolutionary architects of today owe debts to the past, often to the distant past when architecture really was being invented for the first time. Architects depend on their own imaginations for personal insights and originality but their ideas may be stimulated (consciously or subliminally) by particularly powerful buildings from history.The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History identifies ten architectural archetypes that have been sources of inspiration for architects through the centuries. Each archetype is analysed through drawing, following the methodology established by the author in his previous books. The variety of ’lines of enquiry’ each archetype has provoked in latter-day architects are then explored by analysing relevant examples of their architecture to reveal ideas mined from the earlier buildings. In adopting this approach, the book is as pertinent to contemporary practice as it is to understanding buildings from antiquity, and offers insights into the bridges of influence that can operate between the two.
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Vernacular Architecture: Domestic Spaces of Ancient China
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Yin Yu Tang: The Architecture and Daily Life of a Chinese House
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Ruin Lust: Artists’ Fascination With Ruins, from Turner to the Present Day
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Life in Ancient Rome: People & Places - An illustrated reference to the art, architecture, religion, society and culture of the
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Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
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The Buildings and Designs of Andrea Palladio
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Orders of Architecture
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Art of Empire: The Roman Frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple
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Japanese Architecture: A Short History
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Cleopatra’s Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt
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Imperial Mausoleums and Tombs: Resting Places for Imperial Rulers
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Maya Art and Architecture
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The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage
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Examples of Greek and Pompeian Decorative Work
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Taoist Buildings: The Architecture of China’s Indigenous Religion
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Art & Architecture: Egypt
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Ritual and Ceremonial Buildings: Altars and Temples of Deities, Sages, and Ancestors
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Architecture of the Ancient Temple: Missing in Modern Times
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Ancient Egypt
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Palace Architecture: Imperial Palaces of the Last Dynasty
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