Great New Buildings of the World
Subtitle: Works from Tadao Ando to Zaha Hadid
Publisher: Collins Design
Published: August 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780060747923
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; Interior design; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; International Architecture - General; Architecture, Modern; Architecture; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture / General; Interior Design - General; 21st century
First sentence: According to the earliest surviving work on the discipline of architecture, claimed to be Marcus Vitruvius' De Architectura, a good building should fulfill three conditions: beauty, firmness, and utility.