The Story of Britain's Best Buildings
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A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Britain is home to an extraordinary array of impressive and historic buildi ngs....
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A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Britain is home to an extraordinary array of impressive and historic buildi ngs. They are outstanding architecturally and hold fascinating secrets with in their walls. Durham Cathedral has long been celebrated for the bold simplicity of its ar chitecture and great beauty. But look closer, and its pioneering engineerin g becomes more apparent and the symbolism of its decoration more mysterious . Much speculation has been focused on the columns in the south transept -- especially on the odd one at the end. In the riddle of its stones, the cat hedral gives us important clues to help understand the aspirations, beliefs , and struggles of the society that built it. The Story of Britain's Best Buildings explores eight such edifices that cha racterize a nation. From the heroic to the idiosyncratic, this sweeping sur vey also looks at: Windsor Castle Holyroodhouse Blenheim Palace Tower Bridge Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras Highpoint One Cardiff Castle. In this handsome book, illustrated with more than 120 color photographs, the author celebrates the architecture of great buildings and tells their stories which, together, form a gripping portrait of over a thousand years of British history.
Product Info
ISBN: 155297748X
ISBN-13: 9781552977484
Publisher: Firefly Books
Year: 2003
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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