Architecture in wood a world history
Many of the world's greatest buildings are made of wood, yet it is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However, leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental needs. Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who trained as...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Thames & Hudson
2005
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Add Tag | Summary: | Many of the world's greatest buildings are made of wood, yet it is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However, leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental needs. Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who trained as an architect and photojournalist. Intensely dramatic but not overdramatized, technically flawless but not merely documentary, his internationally acclaimed photographs convey all the excitement of encountering these amazing structures firsthand. |
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| Physical Description: | 320 pages : colour illustrations 31 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780500342138 050034213X (hbk.) |
Buildings in wood the history and traditions of architecture's oldest building material