World Expos

This book is a fascinating journey along the history of architectural structuresover the last 150 years, taking the World Expos as an original unifyingthread. Nevertheless, it does not solely focus on the exhibition buildings; onthe contrary, these are continuously being related to buildings beyond thescope of the Expos, thus ultimately providing a general vision of the history ofmodern structures.This essay is destined to become an essential work of reference within thehistory of...
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This book is a fascinating journey along the history of architectural structuresover the last 150 years, taking the World Expos as an original unifyingthread. Nevertheless, it does not solely focus on the exhibition buildings; onthe contrary, these are continuously being related to buildings beyond thescope of the Expos, thus ultimately providing a general vision of the history ofmodern structures.This essay is destined to become an essential work of reference within thehistory of architectural structures. It is generously illustrated with more thannine hundred large-scale illustrations, many of which have not appeared incontemporary publications. It offers innumerable facts that will interest architects,engineers or art historians. Likewise, members of the general publicfar-removed from these fields will also be able to enjoy many of the passageswhich are accessible to those who do not have any specific knowledge of architecture or engineering.