A Guide to the World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture & EngineeringHighlights places of worship, centers of power, and monuments and memorials considered to be among the 100 architectural masterpieces, describing their design, history, function, materials, and dimensions. |
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... hall features tapestries and a triple fireplace ( right ) . wing ( 1515-24 ) , but in adapting the design , Hunt ... hall . The reception rooms - the entrance hall , music room , breakfast room , salon , and banquet hall - revolve around ...
... hall features tapestries and a triple fireplace ( right ) . wing ( 1515-24 ) , but in adapting the design , Hunt ... hall . The reception rooms - the entrance hall , music room , breakfast room , salon , and banquet hall - revolve around ...
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... Hall Derbyshire ,. O f the many villas that Andrea Palladio de- signed during the Italian High Renaissance , per- haps the most celebrated and influential was the Villa Capra . It was begun in 1566 for Mon- signor Paolo Almerico when he ...
... Hall Derbyshire ,. O f the many villas that Andrea Palladio de- signed during the Italian High Renaissance , per- haps the most celebrated and influential was the Villa Capra . It was begun in 1566 for Mon- signor Paolo Almerico when he ...
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... Hall , the rather modest country house that was her birth- place and family home . Bess returned to Hardwick Hall , Derbyshire , in 1584 and soon began making improve- ments to the original house . Alas , these early design ...
... Hall , the rather modest country house that was her birth- place and family home . Bess returned to Hardwick Hall , Derbyshire , in 1584 and soon began making improve- ments to the original house . Alas , these early design ...
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A SYNTHESIS OF FORM AND FUNCTION | 10 |
CHAPTER | 53 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 151 |
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