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The modern world’s greatest buildings capture the imagination and inspire wonder, whether they are places of worship, palaces of power or pleasure, skyscrapers, bridges, tunnels, canals, dams or colossal statues. In The Wonders of World Architecture, an international team of professional architects, engineers and leading architectural historians chart the progress of human ingenuity and creativity in erecting buildings, from AD500 to the present day.

• New in paperback, an exploratino of seventy of the world’s most extraordinary feats of architecture and engineering explored and explained in authoritative contributions from 28 leading experts.
• ‘Fascinating and superbly illustrated’ – Reference Reviews
• Offers fascinating technological insights into how these amazing structures were built.
• Illustrated in full colour throughout, with stunning photographs and specially commissioned computer diagrams and cutaways.

Table of Contents

Churches, Mosques, Temples & Shrines: Hagia Sophia • The Temple at Tanjavur • The Temple of Byodo-in • St Mark’s Cathedral • The Leaning Tower of Pisa • Chartres Cathedral • King’s College Chapel • St Peter’s Basilica • The Mosque of Selim II, Edirne •The Taj Mahal • St Paul’s Cathedral • The Panthéon, Paris • The Sagrada Familia • The Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp

Palaces & Castles: The Alhambra • The Forbidden City • The Topkapi • The Kremlin • The Escorial • Versailles • The Potala Palace • Schloss Schönbrunn • The Winter Palace • Neuschwanstein Castle • The Viceroy’s House, New Delhi • La Cuesta Encantada: Hearst Castle

Public & State Buildings: The Houses of Parliament • Crystal Palace • The Opéra, Paris • The Pentagon • The Guggenheim Museum, New York • Walt Disney World • The Sydney Opera House • The Louisiana Superdome • The Pompidou Centre • Kansai Airport • The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Towers & Skyscrapers: The Washington Monument • The Eiffel Tower • The Empire State Building • The Gateway Arch • The World Trade Center • The Sears Tower • The CN Tower • The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank • Petronas Towers • New York-New York Hotel • The London Eye

Bridges, Railways & Tunnels: The Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale • The Thames Tunnel • Brooklyn Bridge • The Canadian Pacific Railway • The Forth Rail Bridge • Jungfrau Rail System • The Moscow Underground • Golden Gate Bridge • Seikan Tunnel • The Channel Tunnel • The Great Belt • Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

Canals and Dams: The Erie Canal • The Suez Canal • The Panama Canal • The Hoover Dam • Itaipú Dam • Dutch Sea Barrier • The Three Gorges Dam

Colossal Statues: The Statue of Liberty • The Statue of Christ Redeemer • Mount Rushmore