
Architecture in Wood
A World History
Will Pryce(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 7. November 2005
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-500-34213-8 (ISBN)
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Description
New from acclaimed photographer Will Pryce, co-author of the bestselling Brick: A World History, comes the first comprehensive history of the traditions and achievements of international wooden architecture. Pryce's spectacular photographs portray a dazzling, diverse collection of structures, spanning the globe and uniting the very beginnings of architecture with its 21st-century future, in which new buildings make a powerful environmental and aesthetic case for wood as a material for all time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
With over 400 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 308 mm
Width: 240 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-34213-8 (9780500342138)
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02/2016
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Person
Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who trained as an architect at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art. In 1997 he co-founded Nostoc, a multi-disciplinary agency providing design and visualization services to such major architects as Foster and Partners. His most recent book, in collaboration with James Campbell, is the hugely acclaimed Brick: A World History, hailed by The Sunday Telegraph as 'exceptionally interesting and beautiful'.