"This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings.Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most impressive and characterful creations in world architecture.His selection includes many of the world’s best-known bu ..."
" "Architecture is an all-embracing adventure without end," declares Dan Cruickshank in the introduction to A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings. Cruickshank's selection represents key moments in architectural history and it is truly global in scope. It includes many of the world's best-known structures, and many less obvious ones, the unsung heroes of this great and fascinating story. Having visited most of the featured buildi ..."
" "Architecture is an all-embracing adventure without end," declares Dan Cruickshank in the introduction to A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings. Cruickshank's selection represents key moments in architectural history and it is truly global in scope. It includes many of the world's best-known structures, and many less obvious ones, the unsung heroes of this great and fascinating story. Having visited most of the featured buildi ..."
" Britain is home to an extraordinary array of impressive and historic buildings. They are outstanding architecturally and hold fascinating secrets within their walls. Durham Cathedral has long been celebrated for the bold simplicity of its architecture and great beauty. But look closer, and its pioneering engineering becomes more apparent and the symbolism of its decoration more mysterious. Much speculation has been focused on the ..."
"Britain is covered with an extraordinary array of fantastic and brilliant buildings. There are more historic buildings of more styles in Britain than even in Italy. And, our favourites occupy a similar place in the national psyche as Robin Hood and Nell Gwynne. Britain's Best Buildings celebrates the bricks-and-mortar icons of our history that are well known and loved beyond all the others: Dan Cruickshank re-visits the stuff of legend ..."
"Outlines the history of Georgian architecture and discusses the designs of British and Irish churches, houses, and commercial and government buildings"
Architecture the Critic's Choice: 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture Selected and Defined by the Experts by DanCruickshank Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2000 by Aurum Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-85410-720-6, ISBN: 1-85410-720-8
Brick(1st Edition) (ARCHITECTURE GENERALE) by William Hall, DanCruickshank, Bono Bidari Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2015 by Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-6881-3, ISBN: 0-7148-6881-7
"Brick is a fresh, insightful and surprising look at one of the world’s most familiar and popular building materials. From the strange remains of the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 BC, to formidable mills of the industrial revolution, the humble brick has been an architectural staple for centuries.The world’s best architects have explored the qualities of brickwork. Alvar Aalto, Antoni Gaudi, Jÿrn Utzon, Frank Gehry, and Mies van der ..."
"Dan Cruickshank, whose Around the World in 80 Treasures sold more than 70,000 copies, presents a compelling, maverick history of architecture. Richly photographed, it navigates the globe to take us to the buildings Dan believes have changed the world. As he reveals each choice, he also shows exactly how a great edifice’s function, material, and purpose connect to all other areas of life. What he sees is the work of man at his most inve ..."
Soho(1st Edition) A Street Guide to Soho's History, Architecture and People (Hardback) by DanCruickshank Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2020 by W&N ISBN-13: 978-0-297-86932-0, ISBN: 0-297-86932-9
"He observes how the common denominator over the centuries is that it has always been a destination for immigrants: from French Huguenots to the East European Jewish community and recent Chinese diaspora - and that this is the foundation of ..."
"The 20th edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the first major work of history to include an overview of the architectural achievements of the 20th Century. Banister Fletcher has been the standard one volume architectural history for over 100 years and continues to give a concise and factual account of world architecture from the earliest times. In this twentieth and centenary edition, edited by Dan Cruickshan ..."
"The Critics' Choice : 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture Dan Cruickshank.
□. Introduction. We all live in, work in, or walk around buildings and experience
architecture on a daily basis. The design decisions taken by architects in the near
or distant past affect us more directly than any other comparable art or craft. We
don't have to listen to opera or look at paintings but we do have to confront
architecture. In addition, a ..."
"... 1750, 18 18 Langley, Batty and Thomas The Builder's Jewel : or, the Youth's
Instructor, and Workman's Remembrancer. ... 19 1 4 Morris, Robert The
Architectural Remembrancer: being a collection of New and Useful Designs of
Ornamental ... London 1 739 Lectures on Architecture, Consisting of Rules
founded upon Harmonic k and Arithmetical Proportions in Building. ... Second
edition enlarged with the addition of sixteen copper plate ..."
"First published as London: The Art of Georgian Building, this book has been widely acclaimed as a classic study of London's town houses built between 1700 and 1821 - the greatest period of British architecture. Dan Cruickshank's text, combined withnumerous photographs and Peter Wyld's superbly executed measured drawings of facades and details, is a unique record of these buildings. Now, this book has been re-issued at £14.99."
London The Art of Georgian Building by DanCruickshank, Peter Wyld Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 1975 by Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85139-372-8, ISBN: 0-85139-372-1
"'London : the art of Georgian building' is a record of many London residential buildings in suburban streets or situated between later developments, dating from 1700 to 1821, "with photographs set alongside superbly executed measured ..."
London Art of Georgian Building by DanCruickshank, Peter Wyld Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 1975 by Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85139-374-2, ISBN: 0-85139-374-8
"First published as London: The Art of Georgian Building, this book has been widely acclaimed as a classic study of London's town houses built between 1700 and 1821 - the greatest period of British architecture. Dan Cruickshank's text, combined withnumerous photographs and Peter Wyld's superbly executed measured drawings of facades and details, is a unique record of these buildings. Now, this book has been re-issued at £14.99."
"See: Sir John Summerson, 'John Soane and the furniture of death' , A K . no 163,
1978,ppl47-155. 'Dulwich College Art Gallery,' an unpublished commentary
accompanying the drawings in the Soane Museum. G. Tilman Mellinghoff, 'Soane
Dulwich Picture Gallery revisited' in John Soane, Academy Editions, 1983.
J. N. G. Sheeran, 'Dulwich College Picture Gallery: a history of the collection and
the building', unpublished BA thesis. Giles Wa ..."