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Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context,his text considers Paxton's Crystal Palace, McKim, Mead & White'sennsylvania Station and Dutert's Palais des Machines. It includes speciallyroduced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed andut together. The text explains why a knowledge of these structures is vitalo an understanding of the history of architecture, as, together theseuildings, with their innovative approaches to design and new technology,aved the way for the modern architectural movement.
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Lost Masterpieces 3, Sir Joseph Paxton, John McKean
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- Lost Masterpieces 3
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sir Joseph Paxton, John McKean
- Publisher
- Phaidon Incorporated Limited
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0714838721
- ISBN13
- 9780714838724
- Series
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context,his text considers Paxton's Crystal Palace, McKim, Mead & White'sennsylvania Station and Dutert's Palais des Machines. It includes speciallyroduced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed andut together. The text explains why a knowledge of these structures is vitalo an understanding of the history of architecture, as, together theseuildings, with their innovative approaches to design and new technology,aved the way for the modern architectural movement.