What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think about Architecture

Description via Amazon. Why do we find the idea of a multi-colored Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Família a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examines the critical legacy of both well known and either forgotten or underappreciated highpoints in the history of world architecture. Through 70 engaging, thought-provoking, and often amusing debates, Jonathan Glancey invites readers to take a fresh look at the reputations of the masterpieces and great architects in history. You may never look at architecture in the same way again!

  • ISBN

    9781780679198
  • Title

    What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think about Architecture
  • Author

    Jonathan Glancey
  • Publisher

    Laurence King Publishing
  • Publication year

    2017
  • Language

    English

What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think about Architecture

Cite: "What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think about Architecture" 06 Mar 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/804726/whats-so-great-about-the-eiffel-tower-70-questions-that-will-change-the-way-you-think-about-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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