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The story of buildings : from the pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and beyond / written by Patrick Dillon ; illustrated by Stephen Biesty.

by Dillon, Patrick, 1962-

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Candlewick Press, 2014.

Building -- Juvenile literature.

Architecture -- History -- Juvenile literature.

9780763669904 :

Alternate title:

Buildings : from the pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and beyond

95 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Fold-out pages.

Includes index.

Includes chronology.

Building a house - The pyramid of Djoser - The temples of Greece - The Parthenon - The Romans - Hagia Sophia - A white robe of churches - Notre-Dame Cathedral - Buildings around the world - The Forbidden City - The Renaissance in Europe - Villa Rotonda - The Taj Mahal - The baroque in Europe - Vaux-le-Vicomte - Melk Abbey - Saint Petersburg - Living in the past - The Crystal Palace - Modern buildings - The Bauhaus - The United States - The Chrysler Building - The international style - The Sydney Opera House - The Pompidou Center - The Straw Bale House.

"We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them, go to school in them, and work in them. We're surrounded by buildings practically every moment of our lives! But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? And why did they start to decorate them in different ways? From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would live forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center, designed by two young, audacious architects, Patrick Dillon's stories of remarkable buildings--and the remarkable people who made them--celebrate the ingenuity of human creation. Stephen Biesty's amazingly detailed illustrations take us inside famous buildings throughout history, showing just how these marvelous structures fit together"--Jacket flap.

Biesty, Stephen, ill.

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