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Architecture in Wood : a World History

Author: Will Pryce
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2016
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Wood has unique qualities, yet is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However, leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental needs. Will Pryce, the most admired architectural photographer in Britain, has travelled the world seeking both famous and obscure buildings in wood. Intensely dramatic but not over-dramatized, technically flawless, but not  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Will Pryce
ISBN: 9780500343180 0500343187
OCLC Number: 945625663
Description: 320 s. : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Contents: 1. The Far East * 2. Northern Europe * 3. Western Europe * 4. Eastern Europe 5. America * 6. South East Asia * 7. Australia * 8. A Future for Wood

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