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| | 1. |  | On Architecture (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $12.15
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A book which was at the heart of architectural theory for over 1500 years can't be entirely outdated. Many of the issues and ideas which Vitruvius brings up are still relevant to modern architecture and, at the very least, give us an idea of the theory behind much architecture, both before and after... more info
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| | 3. |  | On the Art of Building in Ten Books
from The MIT Press
Price: $29.00
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This book is half a millennium old and I think it's easier and more pleasurable to read than most current authors writing about architecture. This is a classic, no doubt about that - but it's not dry and boring like I assumed it would be since it was assigned reading for a class. Alberti's genial... more info
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| | 6. |  | Palladio and Palladianism (World of Art)
from Thames & Hudson
Price: $9.82
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Sir John Summerson, reviewing the book in Architecture Today, 18 December, 1998 wrote: 'Andrea Palladio, probably the most famous architect in the western world, stands at the beginning of the movement called Palladianism. So successful was the Palladian formula that it was consciously revived... more info
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