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Atlas of amazing architecture, the most incredible buildings you've (probably) never heard of, Peter Allen

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Atlas of amazing architecture

Peter Allen

the most incredible buildings you've (probably) never heard of

This book seeks out a more diverse, inclusive approach to what constitutes amazing architecture, and presents it with fresh illustration and clear, punchy text. Buildings include: Native American plank houses in New Mexico, Stave Churches in Norway, The Djinguereber mosque in Mali, and extraordinary 18th century wooden churches on Kizhi Island, Russia. Over 50 buildings span all the continents equally throughout history. Each of these buildings is visually striking and architecturally noteworthy; they introduce new engineering technologies or define a movement or capture the essence of a moment in human history. They epitomise the ambition and vision of an architect or a patron. But although most of them have been recognised by UNESCO or other agencies, they are not part of the main Western architectural canon

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