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The Glasshouse

Categorie	Algemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer	#319651-KO1
Titel	The Glasshouse
Auteur	Hix, John
Boektype	Paperback met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Phaidon
Jaar van uitgave	1996
ISBN10	0714845256
ISBN13	9780714845258
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, dust jacket, richly illustrated in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	When John Ruskin disparaged the Crystal Palace as 'a great cucumber frame', he hit upon a truism. Representing the zenith of Victorian glasshouses, the Crystal Palace epitomized a building type that had been developed by horticulturists and garden specialists on a sophisticated level and a spectacular scale. John Hix's ground-breaking book on the subject, first published in 1974, has been extensively revised and rewritten for this new edition. The Glasshouse traces the evolution of the building type back to antiquity and goes on to describe developments in the sixteenth century when houses and orangeries were first constructed in glass. The history continues into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when increasingly complex structures were built incorporating iron and industrial con... (Lees verder)struction techniques. The contribution of innovators such as Joseph Paxton and J C Loudon is charted and their influence on the pioneers of twentieth-century design such as Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut is examined.
Pagina's	239
Conditie	Goed
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