num_pages: 344
description: * Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.* Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.* Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.* Part of Tens Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today-and more.
language: English
title: Architecture For Dummies
titlecomplete: Architecture For Dummies
genres: Architecture, History, Reference, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Wiley Publishing