{"product_id":"the-great-builders","title":"Kenneth Powell: The Great Builders [2021] paperback","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Great Builders\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e    Here is Brunelleschi, who built the 'unbuildable' dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day - represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others - computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 26 illustrations, 19 in colour","brand":"Powell, Kenneth","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49908130021715,"sku":"XV80500294789","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/powell-kenneth-the-great-builders-xv80500294789-60333397442899.jpg?v=1733635397","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-great-builders","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}