{"product_id":"great-builders","title":"Great Builders","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Great Builders\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e    Here is Brunelleschi, who built the ‘unbuildable’ dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day – represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others – computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 26 illustrations, 19 in colour","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250596303192,"sku":"9780500294789","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780500294789_9a6559a1-19d2-416e-b445-70081a3947d4.jpg?v=1770442241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/great-builders","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}