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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Evoking Through Design: Contemporary Moods in Architecture
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Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft
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The Architectural Drawing Book: A Survey of Drawing from Prehistory to the Present
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Immaterial / Ultramaterial: Architecture, Design, and Materials
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Creative Staircases
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Modern Construction Case Studies: Emerging Innovation in Building Techniques
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Site and Composition: Design Strategies in Architecture and Urbanism
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Architectural Education in 21st Century Asia: How to Learn Architecture
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Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives
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Camara y modelo / Modelling for the Camera: Photography of Architectural Models in Spain 1925-1970 / fotografia de maquetas de a
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Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture
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Archigraphy: Lettering on Buildings
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Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities
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Design Computing: An Overview of an Emergent Field
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Terms of Appropriation: Essays on Architectural Influence
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Modern Construction Case Studies: Emerging Innovation in Building Techniques
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Design Research Now 2
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Designbuild Education
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Designbuild Education
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Digital Property: Open-Source Architecture: September/October 2016
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