Informative, readable text and 100 handsome illustrations of magnificent buildings make this book appealing not only to architects and architectural historians, but also to anyone with even a casual interest in architecture and design. It explains in simple terms the ways in which the relationship of exterior and interior elements creates unity. Unabridged republication of the work first published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, in 1925.
Greek and Roman Architecture in Classic Drawings by Hector d’Espouy Perhaps the finest record of classical architecture ever made. Detailed illustrations offer unparalleled three-dimensionality and effects of scale. Parthenon, Roman temples, Pantheon, Coliseum, many others. Introductory notes. Preface. 127 plates.
Palladio’s Architecture and Its Influence: A Photographic Guide by Joseph C. Farber, Henry Hope Reed These 154 remarkable photographs reveal the beauty of 29 masterworks by Palladio and 37 British and American structures that embody the Palladian heritage. Captions, text by architectural historian Henry Hope Reed.
Vitruvius Britannicus: Second Series by J. Badeslade, J. Rocque, John Woolfe, James Gandon This magnificent volume comprises three folios, originally published between 1739 and 1771. More than 100 plates depict facades, ground plans, exterior elevations, and perspective views of grand Neo-Palladian buildings.
Gibbs' Book of Architecture: An Eighteenth-Century Classic by James Gibbs Gibbs's legendary 1728 folio includes perspectives and blueprints for such magnificent commissions as London's St. Martin in the Fields; the Senate House of the University of Cambridge; plus fine drawings of marble cisterns, iron gates, funeral monuments, and more.
Vitruvius Britannicus: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century British Architecture by Colen Campbell This groundbreaking work established Neo-Palladianism as the national style, overthrowing Baroque trends and anointing Inigo Jones as the British Vitruvius. Its 300 illustrations include facades, grounds, exteriors, and perspective views.
The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam by Henry Hope Reed, Robert Adam, James Adam One of the most celebrated books in architectural history, this volume consists of 106 illustrated plates that influenced generations of British and American architectural and furniture designs.
