Adventures in Architecture

by Dan Cruickshank

• ISBN13: 9780297844440
• ISBN10: 029784444X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-06
• Publisher: WN

Summary

Dan takes us to the buildings he believes have changed the world, revealing how in truly great buildings function, material and purpose connect to all other parts of life - showing how architecture is the richest and most compelx of man's artistic endeavours. Do his chosen buildings live up to expectation, or does he find disappointment and lost ideals?Architecture is an art, a science and a craft. But buildings also have to fulfil a function, cater for human use, withstand the forces of nature, and be built to a budget. Dan considers all these aspects as he looks at places, some well known, many less so, as varied as the Catherine Palace in St Petersburg, the Blood Feud Towers in Georgia, the Zoroastrian Towers of Silence in Iran, a Yurt in Mongolia, Brasilia, Napoleon's tomb in Paris, the Gherkin in London and the Lupanare Brothels in Pompeii.

Table of Contents

Beauty
Igloo, Greenland	p. 10
Catherine Palace, St Petersburg, Russia	p. 20
Albi Cathedral, France	p. 26
Sun Temple, Konarak, India	p. 32
Giant Buddha, Leshan, China	p. 40
Connections
Dharavi, Mumbai, India	p. 48
Rockefeller Center, New York, USA	p. 54
Damascus, Syria	p. 62
Brasilia, Brazil	p. 68
Death
Staglieno Cemetary, Genoa, Italy	p. 76
Yaxha, Guatemala	p. 84
Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic	p. 92
Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple, Egypt	p. 98
Varanasi, India	p. 106
Disaster
Minaret at Jam, Afghanistan	p. 114
Palmyra, Syria	p. 124
Dresden, Germany	p. 130
San Francisco, USA	p. 138
Dreams
Shibam, Yemen	p. 146
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, USA	p. 152
Thimpu, Bhutan	p. 158
Astana, Kazakhstan	p. 164
Paradise
Hanging Temple, Shanxi, China	p. 172
Church of the Transfiguration, Kizhi, Russia	p. 178
Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey	p. 184
St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt	p. 190
Sri Ranganatha Temple, Srirangam, India	p. 198
Pleasure
Opera House, Manaus, Brazil	p. 208
Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, India	p. 214
Villa Barbaro, Maser, Italy	p. 220
Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany	p. 228
Pompeii, Italy	p. 236
Power
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	p. 248
Ceausescu's Palace, Bucharest, Romania	p. 256
Qalaat Marqab, Syria	p. 262
Topkapi Harem, Istanbul, Turkey	p. 270
Evergreen Plantation House, New Orleans, USA	p. 278
Index	p. 284
Further reading and acknowledgements	p. 286
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