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Didier Cornille

    Rund & eckig
    Hier & da
    La ville quoi de neuf?
    Toutes les maisons sont dans la nature
    Who Built That? Skyscrapers
    Who built that? Modern houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects
    • 2014

      Who Built That? Skyscrapers

      • 83 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      In Who Built That? Skyscrapers, illustrator Didier Cornilletakes readers on a tour through eight of the most importantskyscrapers by the greatest architects the world has known.

      Who Built That? Skyscrapers
    • 2014

      Who Built That? Modern Houses takes readers on a fun-filled tour through ten of the most important houses by the greatest architects of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with a brief biographical sketch of each architect, illustrator Didier Cornille uses a light touch to depict the various stages of construction, paying special attention to key design innovations and signature details. Cornille's charming drawings and accessible text unlock the secrets of modern classic houses, ranging from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (1931) and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (1939) to Shigeru Ban's Cardboard House (1995) and Rem Koolhaas's Bordeaux House (1998). Readers of all ages will delight in this colorful introduction to modern architecture's most extraordinary homes.

      Who built that? Modern houses: An Introduction to Modern Houses and Their Architects