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Cool Architecture: 50 fantastic facts for kids of all ages

Hardback

Main Details

Title Cool Architecture: 50 fantastic facts for kids of all ages
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Simon Armstrong
SeriesCool
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 148,Width 194
ISBN/Barcode 9781909396791
ClassificationsDewey:720
Audience
Children / Juvenile
Illustrations 60 illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Portico
Publication Date 6 August 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Want to know more about the buildings around you? Can't tell a Doric from a Corinthian column? Interested in how the Egyptians built the pyramids, and how on earth a dome stays up? Then this book is for you. Packed with absorbing facts and quirky illustrations, Cool Architecture tells you everything you need to know about architecture around the world, from the simple dwellings created by the earliest humans to today's most innovative buildings, via forbidding medieval strongholds, great 18th-Century palaces and the classic Art Deco skyscrapers of New York. Learn about the great architectural movements and the personalities that created them, and explore the most iconic buildings in the world, from the Parthenon in Greece to the (current) world's tallest skyscraper, the Khalifa Tower in Dubai. This book is a perfect introduction to what's cool about the fascinating world of architecture.

Author Biography

Simon Armstrong is the Book Buyer for Tate Modern and Tate Britain, a writer, record collector and DJ. He lives in London.