![]() This book is a high quality text, but could be much better. This should have been on page 442 but other images were used instead, which I found disappointing. For example there is no image of the “Temple of Heaven” building in Beijing, which is one of the most important and beautiful buildings ever designed and constructed. Additionally, image selection and use could be enhanced. Opinions in this manner don’t add to the knowledge of the person reading the text trying to extract critical information about each project. Words are also used by saying things like “it is still an impressive building”, found on page 199. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although this information is important in a larger study of each project, with the limited amount of words allotted for each building, more concentration should be about the actual project in Architecture terms. Each building is given an overview but in my opinion uses too many words to describe the political and social climate at the time leading up to and of the building design and construction. It gives you a overall highlight of many buildings from antiquity (pre-3500 BCE) to modern day. Global History of Architecture (07) by Ching, Francis D K - Jarzombek, Mark M - Prakash, Vikramadi Hardcover (2006) Published by Wiley, 2006. A global history of architecture / Francis D.K. The book is part of my Architectural Studies. The above call number of books of subject Interior Design & Architecture listed in UOWM. ![]()
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