Main entry:

Heinle, Erwin.

Title & Author:

Towers : a historical survey / Erwin Heinle, Fritz Leonhardt ; [translation by Martha Humphreys].

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1989.

Description:

343 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Türme aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen.
Ill. on lining papers.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-334).
Survey of the history of building -- Tower of Babel, Babylon -- Pharos, the lighthouse of Alexandria -- Towers in ancient Greece and Rome -- Early Christian, Byzantine, Armenian, and Russian towers -- Islamic towers -- Towers of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions of Southeast and East Asia -- Early Medieval and Romanesque towers -- Gothic towers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and England -- Towers in the medieval city and in castle complexes -- Renaissance towers -- Baroque towers -- Nineteenth- and twentieth-century towers -- Eiffel Tower -- First concrete towers -- Concrete transmission towers -- Steel transmission towers -- Transmission and electric masts -- Water towers -- Cooling towers -- Lighthouses -- Windmills -- Bridge towers and phylons -- Projects and visions -- Skyscrapers, 1886-1986 -- Contemporary church towers -- Towers at city landmarks.

ISBN:

0847810763
9780847810765

Subject:

Towers.
Tall buildings.
Tours.
Immeubles de grande hauteur.

Added entries:

Leonhardt, Fritz, 1909-1999.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 48469
Call No.: ID:89-B7510
Status: Available