Modernity enlightenment and revolution - ideal and unforeseen consequence

The seventh book in the Architecture in Context series, this is a comprehensive survey of European architecture from the pre-dawn of the Enlightenment in early Georgian England to the triumph of Brutalism in the seventh decade of the twentieth century. The three main sections of the book are prece...

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Main Author: Tadgell, Christopher 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge 2015
Series:Architecture in context vii
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