TY - BOOK AU - Irving, Mark. AU - St. John, Peter, TI - 1001 buildings you must see before you die SN - 9781844035786 AV - NA 200 .A15 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Cassell Illustrated KW - Architecture KW - Buildings KW - Engineering N1 - A Quintessence book; Includes indexes N2 - Contains 1001 buildings which are known for their craftmanship,fortitude, grace and power. Yet they are considered to be great buildings because they distinguished themselves as distinct from all that came before and influential on all that followed. Offers inspiring visual testimony to the extraordinary creative capabilities of the world's architects, engineers and builders and the unique tools and methods they used. Buildings are grouped as: Ancient World to the Rennaissance, Empire to Revolution, Birth of the Modern, Modernism Goes Global, Rise of Postmodernism, Fast into the Future ER -