Have you ever really looked at the buildings you walk past every day? If not, stop and take a good look around you. Some have been standing for ages, while others were built only recently. Each one is different and bears certain characteristic signs. From these signs, people who know about architecture can tell the age of a building and the architectural style it follows. It's like looking back into history. Would you like to learn how to read the architecture of buildings? If so, welcome to this book. It features the most important historical buildings from all over the world. Here you will learn how architecture has developed over time and what it is really about.
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