History of architecture Books
Birkhauser Kinder der Moderne: Vom Aufwachsen in berühmten
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£33.25
Birkhauser Die Sprache der Räume: Eine Geschichte der
Book SynopsisDas reich bebilderte Buch untersucht die Präsentation von Dingen und Ideen durch szenografische Raumgestaltung. Sein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt in der Darstellung ihrer historischen Entwicklung, die durch thematische Exkurse ergänzt wird: Von Musentempeln der Antike über Schatzkammern und Sammlungen bis hin zu bekannten Gestaltern, Universal Design und Science Center werden räumliche Vermittlungsstrategien anschaulich dargestellt und erläutert. Die historische Chronologie wirkt dabei als ordnende Systematik, die vergessene, jedoch inspirierende Praktiken sichtbar macht, seien sie anonymer oder künstlerischer Natur. Der Leser kann so etwa über die Erfindung von Vitrinen nachlesen oder Arbeitsweisen großer Ausstellungsmacher wie Rudofsky und Szeemann oder zeitgenössischer Büros wie Brückner und Merz kennenlernen.
£32.78
Birkhauser Frauen Bauen Stadt: The City Through a Female
Book SynopsisIm Jahr 2030 werden weltweit 2,5 Milliarden Frauen in Städten leben und arbeiten. Traditionell war die Arbeit am Lebenskonzept Polis in ihrer Beauftragung, Planung und Ausführung jedoch männlich dominiert. Frauen Bauen Stadt porträtiert 18 Städtebauerinnen aus aller Welt und wirft einen anderen Blick auf die künftige Stadt: Internationale Autorinnen aus den Bereichen Architektur, Stadtplanung, Kunst, Architekturtheorie und -vermittlung gehen der Frage nach, wie sich die Stadtplanung in Theorie und Praxis aus weiblicher Perspektive darstellt. Und sie diskutieren, inwiefern die Zukunft auf die Wünsche und Bedürfnisse von Frauen zugeschnitten sein wird und welche Rolle Gestalterinnen, Architektinnen und Stadtplanerinnen spielen werden.
£38.00
Birkhauser Das Holz und seine Verbindungen: Traditionelle
Book SynopsisTwo millennia of wood architecture There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys for today’s world the breadth of knowledge held in Western and Eastern cultures about the creative use of this unique material. The typical technique of building with wood, joinery, requires that elements are connected only by the skillful interlocking of the constructive parts. In this book, the history of wooden architecture is described in detail using hundreds of examples from Japan, China and Europe. From a holistic understanding, a picture emerges that is informative for architects, and designers, reopens an almost lost world to builders, and will enthrall laypeople.Table of ContentsInhalt Einleitung zur dritten Auflage Das Material Die Verwendung Typologie und Funktionen der Holzverbindungen Holzverbindungen und ihre Entwicklung Holzverbindungen als Ausdruck ästhetischer Wertvorstellungen Holzkonstruktionen in China
£56.05
Birkhauser Wood and Wood Joints: Building Traditions of
Book Synopsis There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys for today’s world the breadth of knowledge held in Western and Eastern cultures about the creative use of this unique material. The typical technique of building with wood, joinery, requires that elements are connected only by the skillful interlocking of the constructive parts. In this book, the history of wooden architecture is described in detail using hundreds of examples from Japan, China and Europe. From a holistic understanding, a picture emerges that is informative for architects, and designers, reopens an almost lost world to builders, and will enthrall laypeople. Also available in a German edition (ISBN 978-3-0356-2479-3) Table of ContentsContents Introduction to the Third Edition The Material Working with Wood Types and Functions of Wood Joints Wood Joints and Their Evolution Wood Joints as an Expression of Aesthetic Values Wood Constructions in China
£56.05
Birkhauser Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological
Book SynopsisLiliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.
£46.35
Birkhauser Discovering Early Modernism in Switzerland: The
Book SynopsisAn insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) and the renowned civil engineer and bridge builder Robert Maillart. A new form of architecture was forged here, full of contradictions and compromises and the result of intense collaboration between engineer, architect, and client. It stands at the threshold of modernism, which is largely characterized by the use of reinforced concrete. Apart from certain early mentions in architectural history, very little has been written about this Swiss precursor of modernist architecture. Drawing on numerous archival records, Daniel Korwan now provides the first detailed chronology of this 1909 building, thus expanding the record on the historical reception of modernism. First publication on a Swiss building that prefigured modern architecture Unpublished illustrations and plans of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos Insightful and engagingly narrated new contribution to the study of 20th century modernism
£38.25
Birkhauser Über chinesische Gärten: Landschaft und die
Book SynopsisA classic in German for the first time China has a long history of garden design, resulting in the emergence of a unique style and diverse forms of expression. Common to all Chinese gardens is that they follow the principle that less is sometimes more, and are designed to evoke a sense of the infinite. Chen wrote his text in five essays between 1978 and 1982, and these appeared in succession in the Journal of Tongji University. Due to continuing demand, they were eventually published as a book with 32 photographs and Chinese calligraphy by Jiang Qiting. This first German edition is based on that edition. Brief history of Chinese garden design Convenient format with calligraphy, over 30 photos and 10 hand drawings by the author A book for anyone who appreciates beautiful gardens Chen Congzhou (1918-2000) was a renowned garden designer and an internationally recognized expert in Chinese architecture and garden history. He advocated the preservation of the natural environment and the restoration of many historic buildings. His numerous publications on traditional Chinese buildings and gardens have also been translated into English.
£34.67
MC - De Gruyter Architektur in Niederösterreich im 20.
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£39.42
Birkhauser Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of
Book SynopsisThe book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at, among other places, the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. These films capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Lluis Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. Across six chapters, the book shows impressive stills from these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts. Two introductions are devoted to the history of these pioneering amateur films and to Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. A documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover (9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints (9783035627305)
£68.40
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH Was ist tschechisch an der Architektur in Böhmen
£44.65
Quart Publishers Koerper in Raumen
Book SynopsisFranziska Wittmann researches at the Chair of Gion A. Caminada on approaches to natural physical laws and physiological factors in architecture. Instead of focusing on the creation of physical constellations through architecture, her work investigates the effects of these conditions on people. The publication presents collected physiological effects in a way that makes them applicable, with the aim of enhancing architecture. The collection presents physiological phenomena, architectural parallels and prominent examples in architectural history. Text in German.
£30.38
Quart Publishers Brutales Luzern: Brutalistische Architektur im
Book SynopsisBrutales Luzern presents Brutalism in the Swiss Canton of Lucerne. In recent years, the phenomenon of Brutalism has enjoyed great international attention. The 53 portraits in this publication present the incredible diversity of this expressive architecture in the Lucerne region. It is incredible how much the relatively small region of 1,500 square kilometres has to offer. The most important buildings from the 1960s and 1970s are presented chronologically, including numerous photographs, compact, detailed information and extensively documented plans. The selection of private and public buildings, such as schools, municipal administrations, homes for the elderly, churches, monasteries, missionary and theological colleges, industrial facilities and infrastructure, is remarkable. It includes outstanding and widely appreciated buildings, as well as lesser known examples. A plan provides an overview of the buildings and an essay locates Swiss Brutalism in an architectural-historical context. The book also serves as a useful travel guide for architecture enthusiasts. Text in German.
£58.05
Braun Publishing AG Building Berlin, Vol. 9: The latest architecture
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£22.46
Braun Publishing AG Building Berlin, Vol. 11: The latest architecture
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£22.46
Birkhauser Basics Ausschreibung
Book SynopsisTendering constitutes the transition from the drawing and planning stage to the construction phase. In addition to its economic and contractual dimension, it is also an essential tool for translating design quality into built quality. This volume presents various ways to put construction works out to tender. In addition, it explains in practical terms how to describe construction work and how to prepare all of the documentation required for a complete invitation to tender.Subjects: Allocating construction work; Different ways to specify construction work; The structure of a work specification; Quantity determination; Using invitations to tender to realize plan quality.
£18.52
Birkhauser Basics Architekturfotografie
Book SynopsisArchitectural photography is an important tool for studying built architecture and documenting students own projects.Basics Architectural Photography provides a practically based explanation of the key technical aspects of photography, image analysis and photo editing, and includes helpful tips on how to take and process photographs.Topics: Photographic concepts (focal length, image circle, angle of view, depth of focus, exposure time, contrast range, etc.) Equipment (camera, lens, tripod, light meter, etc.) Photographing architecture (perspectives, architectural models, etc.) Stylistic devices in architectural photography Exterior shots Interior shots Image editing, scanning, image correction Table of ContentsVorwort Einleitung Grundlagen der Architekturfotografie Fotografische Begriffe Stilmittel in der Architekturfotografie Grundlagen Licht und Belichtung Ausrüstung Kameraarten Objektive Stativ Sonstige Ausrüstung Außenaufnahmen Standortwahl Perspektiven - räumliche Wirkung Kamera- und Objektivwahl Lichtsituationen Reflexionen Innenaufnahmen Standortwahl Räumliche Wirkung Lichtsituationen Architekturmodelle Perspektive Räumliche Wirkung Kamera- und Objektivwahl Belichtung und Beleuchtung Wahl des Kontrastumfangs Bildbearbeitung Richtig Scannen Bildfehler bei Digitalkameras Bildkorrekturen Anhang
£18.52
Park Books Neighbours: A Manifesto, a Play for Two
Book SynopsisThe Swiss Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale exhibits itself and the relations to its immediate surroundings. The exhibition is a conversation over the shared boundary of the pavilions of Switzerland (1952, designed by Bruno Giacometti) and Venezuela (1954, designed by Carlo Scarpa), the only two in the Giardini not fully detached: they share one wall. Artist Karin Sander and art historian Philip Ursprung temporarily open this wall and dismantle the gates from the Swiss Pavilion, thus revealing unanticipated connections between the two neighbours, both distant and close. The complementing book offers a manifesto, a play with the two buildings as dramatis personae, and three brief topical essays. Ten conversations with architectural historian Kurt W. Forster, photographers Paolo Gasparini and Guido Giudi, and Venezuelan architects Elisa Silva and Margarita López-Maya round off this volume.
£21.25
Bohlau Verlag Die Sudan: Ihre Kurorte und Hotels
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£55.79
£44.10
Aschendorff Verlag Burg Vischering: Wasserburg Und Wahrzeichen
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£28.31
Bohlau Verlag Ljubljana: Geschichte, Architektur und Kunst der
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£34.19
BÃhlau Verlag KÃln Die gotische Kirchenbaukunst in Schlesien
Book SynopsisNeue Interpretationen gotischer Kirchen in Schlesien
£81.89
BÃhlau Verlag KÃln Die kÃlnischniederrheinische SpÃtromanik
Book SynopsisâžKunstlandschaft✠â âžSpÃtromanik✠â âžÃœbergangsstilâœ?
£59.39
Böhlau-Verlag GmbH Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein 228 2025
£46.55
De Gruyter Die Barockbaumeister Fischer von Erlach
Book SynopsisIncluding more than 6,000 titles, the bibliography represents the full spectrum of research on the life and work of the Baroque architects Johann Bernhard and Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. The first bibliography on Fischer von Erlach, published over 35 years ago, has now been more than tripled in size; it is arranged thematically and chronologically and also includes contributions of a more general nature on Austrian Baroque architecture. For the first time, both beginners and experts are thus provided with an important aid to research. The bibliography is supplemented by a volume of essays bringing together Andreas Kreul's older and more recent writing on Fischer von Erlach. Baroque architecture, Karlskirche in Vienna, Kollegienkirche in Salzburg, State Hall of the Court Library, Fischer von Erlach''s drawings in Zagreb Albert Ilg English Baroque, reception of his work
£30.15
de Gruyter Synagogenarchitektur in Deutschland
£72.00
Deutscher Kunstverlag Francesco di Giorgio
£103.50
Deutscher Kunstverlag Alte Baukunst und Neue Architektur
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£30.15
De Gruyter wohnen 60 70 80: Junge Denkmäler in Deutschland
Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Band bietet erstmals einen Überblick über die in Deutschland als Denkmäler erfassten Wohngebäude und Siedlungen dieser Zeit. Auf einer breiten Materialbasis werden damit zahlreiche eindrucksvolle Gebäude verschiedener Bereiche, darunter Einfamilienhäuser, Siedlungen, Hochhäuser und Experimentalbauten, neu in die aktuelle Forschungsdiskussion eingebracht. Angesichts der aktuellen Umbauwelle rückt das Buch eine Architekturepoche in den Fokus, deren Denkmalqualität noch nicht selbstverständlich akzeptiert ist. Die gut dokumentierten Gebäude erzählen anschaulich die Geschichte des Bauens und Wohnens in der jungen Bundesrepublik und der DDR. Das Buch ist reich bebildert und wendet sich neben den Fachleuten auch an ein breiteres Publikum.
£32.85
De Gruyter Neue Nationalgalerie: Mies van der Rohe's Museum
Book SynopsisThe Neue Nationalgalerie, which was erected in 1965–68, is the only building by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany from after the Second World War. With its steel roof over the glass-walled exhibition hall and its reduced design vocabulary, it is regarded as an icon of modernism and as the legacy of a visionary master builder. Following the restoration by the firm David Chipperfield Architects, the Neue Nationalgalerie is reopening with new glory in 2021. With numerous specialist texts and large-format photographs, the book focuses on the architecture of the museum in three thematic groups: the historical building, the fundamental restoration, and the renovated building. Detailed and large-format photographs heighten awareness of the unique architecture, which Mies van der Rohe designed down to the smallest detail.
£39.15
De Gruyter Neue Nationalgalerie: Mies van der Rohe's Museum
Book SynopsisThe Neue Nationalgalerie, which was erected in 1965–68, is the only building by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany from after the Second World War. With its steel roof over the glass-walled exhibition hall and its reduced design vocabulary, it is regarded as an icon of modernism and as the legacy of a visionary master builder. Following the restoration by the firm David Chipperfield Architects, the Neue Nationalgalerie is reopening with new glory in 2021. With numerous specialist texts and large-format photographs, the book focuses on the architecture of the museum in three thematic groups: the historical building, the fundamental restoration, and the renovated building. Detailed and large-format photographs heighten awareness of the unique architecture, which Mies van der Rohe designed down to the smallest detail.
£37.35
Harrassowitz Verlag Designing a Temple for Repit
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£98.70
Harrassowitz Verlag Fruhneuzeitliche Schularchitekturen.
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£69.60
Harrassowitz Verlag Römische Mitteilungen 130 2024
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£67.15
Dietrich Reimer Der Eingang Der Moderne: Extravaganz Und
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£49.00
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Die Deutschen Konigspfalzen. Band 6:
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£128.69
Herder Verlag GmbH Antoni Gaudí Der Architekt Gottes
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£25.50
wbg Academic Die Zyklen der europäischen Architektur
£42.75
Verlag D.Oesterreichische Das Regionale konstruieren
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£41.65
Birkhauser Atmosphären: Architektonische Umgebungen. Die
Book SynopsisWhat "really constitutes an architectural atmosphere," Peter Zumthor says, is "this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-being, harmony, beauty ... under whose spell I experience what I otherwise would not experience in precisely this way." Zumthor’s passion is the creation of buildings that produce this kind of effect, but how can one actually set out to achieve it?In nine short, illustrated chapters framed as a process of self-observation, Peter Zumthor describes what he has on his mind as he sets about creating the atmosphere of his houses. Images of spaces and buildings that affect him are every bit as important as particular pieces of music or books that inspire him. From the composition and "presence" of the materials to the handling of proportions and the effect of light, this poetics of architecture enables the reader to recapitulate what really matters in the process of house design.
£28.98
Hatje Cantz Italian Architectural Drawings from the Cronstedt
Book SynopsisThis catalogue presents the first comprehensive study of the Italian architectural drawings in the Cronstedt Collection in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm, discussing 181 drawings dating from around 1570 to around 1620. Among them are works by Francesco da Volterra, Carlo Maderno and other Roman architects, executed for churches, chapels, palaces, gardens, and fountains—many constituting primary and almost unknown sources for late Mannerist and early Baroque architecture. Also included are plans and architectural details by French draughtsmen, meticulously documenting ancient monuments, as well as buildings by the Renaissance masters Bramante, Antonio da Sangallo, Michelangelo, and Vignola. Italian Architectural Drawings proposes new attributions in the light of recent scholarship, based on close examination of the drawings’ material (paper, medium, technique, mounting). Comparative illustrations and a photographic catalogue of the watermarks complete the volume..
£46.40
Hirmer Verlag Schlüter in Berlin: A City Guide
Book SynopsisAndreas Schluuter (1659-1714) was the most important Baroque sculptor and architect in Northern Europe. Around 1700, he transformed Berlin into a modern residential city. This city guide follows his steps and serves as an ideal companion for the interested visitor wishing to explore Berlin's architecture in relation to Schluter's famous works. As court artist, court sculptor and director of the Berlin Academy of Art, Schluter had a highly responsible position. Following the instructions of Frederick I of Prussia, who wished to compete with the grandeur of the artistic centres of Rome and Paris, Schluuter created what is now known as Baroque Berlin. This monograph sheds light on the historical background of this rich artistic period. It is supplemented with lavish colour illustrations and maps that explore the artistic development and the stylistic peculiarities of Schluter's architectural and sculptural masterpieces.
£19.23
Hirmer Verlag Singapore's Building Stock: Approaches to a
Book SynopsisState-of-the-art Singapore is constantly transforming and rejuvenating her building stock. Singapore's Building Stock documents and analyses these transformations of the efficiently organized global city over the past two centuries at multiple spatial scales. This book offers an alternative history of Singapore’s urban development: the history of construction, demolition and reconstruction. The collection of essays assesses what the changes in Singapore’s building stock meant for the preservation of physical and cultural values for the long view. In three sections – the island scale, the district scale, and the building scale – different data sources come together to show the relationship between development policies, the morphology of Singapore’s built environments and the speed of its transformation. Photos, maps and numerical charts illustrate the lost and new, revealing accidental survivors as well as carefully staged relics from the past.
£27.20
Hirmer Verlag Fragments of Metropolis - Berlin: Berlin's
Book SynopsisFresh from their success with "Modernism London Style", hailed by The Financial Times on 29.6.13 as 'this gorgeous photographic survey', photographer Niels Lehmann and editor Christoph Rauhut present their latest exciting project. Fragments of Metropolis documents all the remaining Expressionist buildings in Berlin, arguably the movement’s most important architectural centre. The architecture of Expressionism heralded the onset of the roaring twenties. Berlin's remaining Expressionist buildings demonstrate a great creativity of form and a skilful use of light, colour and material. In contrast to the Bauhaus architecture of the same era, they sought complexity, vertical enhancement and drama to create the modern metropolis. Fragments of Metropolis documents 120 buildings in Berlin and its environs with Niels Lehmann's new photographs, drawings, an illustrated index of every building, and maps that divide the locations into areas. In celebrating the birth of the metropolis Berlin, the book is the rediscovery an important part of the city's heritage.
£23.92
Hirmer Verlag Form and Light: From Bauhaus to Tel Aviv
Book Synopsis"Yigal Gawze’s photographs capture the abstraction, the simplicity and the optimism of early modernism in Tel Aviv. He distils the essence of the Bauhaus to bring it alive in a modern city and concentrates on the subtle effects of natural light upon architecture, a technique that the masters of the modern movement themselves applauded." - Nonie Niesewand, design editor & author The fragment - an essential part of the structure which carries within it the genetic code of the whole, is in the core of this visual inquiry depicting Tel Aviv’s White City. The encounter between a building style originating in Europe and the Mediterranean glare, is highlighted by the colour photography. While paying homage to the Bauhaus spirit and the avant-garde photographers of the 1920s, it is also a tribute to past ideals and present renewal, enhancing the current relevance of the Modern Movement in an exceptional urban setting. The images add up to create a portrait of a place by revealing the poetic essence of its architecture and the role light takes in shaping it.
£31.96
Hirmer Verlag Hopetoun: Scotland’s Finest Stately Home
Book SynopsisHopetoun House, on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, is the seat of the Marquess of Linlithgow. The lavishly illustrated book presents the architecture (initially designed by Sir William Bruce in the 1690s and greatly extended by William Adam and his sons from the 1720s), sumptuously decorated rooms and art collection, as well as the landscape and gardens.This volume discusses Hopetoun both as the historic seat of a noble family and as a complex work of art. It covers its architecture, interior design and furnishing, its collection of paintings, its designed landscape and also the family who have built, inhabited and developed it since the late 17th century. The text is a joint production by eminent specialists. Appealing photographs of the interiors by Frank Dalton and of the new Walled Garden by Claire Takacs form an important part of the book. Chapters written by members of the family, Lord and Lady Hopetoun as well as Lord Alexander Hope, connect the historic place to the present and the future of the etate.
£39.96
Hirmer Verlag Santiago Calatrava: In the Glyptothek (Bilingual
Book SynopsisSantiago Calatrava’s (* 1951) encounter with the sculpture collection at the Glyptothek in Munich thirty years ago prompted him to create an extensive series of sculptures with the title Die Aegineten (The Aeginetans). This volume focuses attention for the first time on the sculptures and paintings of the famous architect and shows how he was influenced by Antiquity. Die Aegineten – 14 large-format sculptures made of wrought iron on a pedestal of aged oak – appear as modern, almost abstract variations on the ancient warriors of the temple of Aphaea. They are presented in an exceptional dialogue with the permanent sculpture collection of the Glyptothek and are complemented by a selection of 30 drawings, watercolours, studies and sculptures of different themes and series which show Calatrava’s interest in the human body and nature, which influences his architectural style.
£28.90
