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050 00 $aTH148$b.V26 2001
082 00 $a690$221
100 1 $aVan Dine, Alan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85120074
245 10 $aUncommon structures, unconventional builders /$cby Alan Van Dine.
260 $aNew York :$bBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $a206 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c32 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tSir Christopher Wren: Clever men like Christopher Wren only occur just now and then -- $tIreland's Curious Towers: After a thousand years no one could remember how they got there -- $tE-Temen-Anki: The Tower of Babel -- $tDesigns For The Haunted House: When the architects are ghosts the house is of course a nightmare -- $tMachu Picchu: Lost city of the Incas -- $tThe Cuckoo Construction Company: How to design a home when the most important thing you'll ever own is an egg -- $tPetra: Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city, half as old as time -- $tHigh Gothic: On Ascension Thursday the church fell down -- $tThe Great Wall Of China: The raising of the wall -- $tIgloos: How to build a northern hemisphere -- $tHeorot: Beowulf at home -- $tThe Trouble With Cabins And Cottages: Early American alternatives to the log cabin and the White House -- $tThe First Houses: Neolithic notes on urban planning -- $tFouquet's Folly: Certain pitfalls to avoid in building a fifteen-million-dollar house -- $tShakespeare's Playhouse: Confusion around the Globe -- $tJericho: Why did the walls come tumbling down? -- $tThe Fallen Idol: Monumental sculptures of Rhodes.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"From Anasazi cliff dwellings to Gothic cathedrals, Neolithic huts to French chateaux, seventeen of the world's most ambitious and legendary building projects are chronicled in this book. What unique vision brought each of these structures into being? And what twists and turns did the architects, designers, artisans, and builders encounter on the way to realizing their dreams?"--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aBuildings$vPopular works.
650 0 $aAntiquities$vPopular works.
650 0 $aAnimals$xHabitations$vPopular works.
650 0 $aCuriosities and wonders$vPopular works.
650 6 $aArchitecture vernaculaire.
650 6 $aConstructions.
650 6 $aAntiquités.
650 6 $aCuriosités et merveilles.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2001018415-d.html
852 00 $boff,ave$hTH148$i.V26 2001