Andrew Ballantyne
ARCHITECTURE
A Very Short Introduction
List of illustrations
1 AT&T Building, New York (1978–80); architect: Philip Johnson (born 1906)
© T. Brubaker/Edifice
2 Traditional cottage, uncertain date, but pre-20th century; no architect
Hulton Archive
3 Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England (1815–21); architect: John Nash (1752–1835)
© A. F. Kersting
4 Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza, near Cairo, Egypt (2723–2563 BC); architect: unknown
© Richard T. Nowitz/Corbis
5 Palace of Westminster, London, England (1836–68); architect: Sir Charles Barry (1795–1860) with A. W. N. Pugin (1812–52)
© Jeremy Horner/Corbis
6 Chandigarh, Punjab, India (1950–65); architect: Le Corbusier (1887–1965)
© Chris Hellier/Corbis
7 The Parthenon, Athens, Greece (447–436 BC); architects: Ictinus and Callicrates working with the sculptor Phidias
© Michael Holford
8 Cathedral of St Etienne, Bourges, France (begun 1190)
© Eye Ubiquitous/Corbis
9 Schröder house, Utrecht, Netherlands (1924); architect: Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964)
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
10 Falling Water, Bear Run, Pennsylvania (1936–9); architect: Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959)
© Chicago Historical Society
11 Wieskirche, Steinhausen, Bavaria, Germany (1745–54); architect: Dominikus Zimmerman (1681–1766)
© A. F. Kersting
12 Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia (1796–1808); architect: Thomas Jefferson (1743–1836)
© R.
Lautman/Monticello13 Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France (AD 1–10); architect: unknown
© A. F. Kersting
14 The Pantheon, Rome, Italy (AD 118–25); architect: anonymous, but worked under the direction of the Emperor Hadrian
Archivi Alinari, Florence
15 Villa Capra, Vicenza, Italy (1569); architect: Andrea Palladio (1508–80)
Archivi Alinari, Florence
16 Chiswick Villa, London, England (1725); architect: Lord Burlington (1694–1753)
© A. F. Kersting
17 Model of Temple of Juno Sospita, Lanuvium — Etruscan temple, according to Vitruvius (5th century BC)
© David Lees/Corbis
18 Seagram Building, Manhattan, New York City (1954–8); architects: Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) and Philip Johnson (born 1906)
© Bettmann/Corbis
19 Opera House, Sydney, Australia (1957–73); architect: Jorn Utson (born 1918)
© Eye Ubiquitous/Corbis
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Underwood & Underwood/Corbis
21 Métro entrance surrounds, Paris, France (1899–1905); architect: Hector Guimard (1867–1942)
© Philippa Lewis/Edifice
22 Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (begun 1882); architect: Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926)
© A. F. Kersting
23 Mausoleum of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India (1630–53); architect: Ustad ‘Isa (dates unknown)
© A. F. Kersting
24 Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (1997); architect: Frank Gehry (born 1929)
Erika Barahona Ede/© FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao