Architecture Inside-Out: Understanding How Buildings Work
Written by John Zukowsky, Illustrated by Robbie Polley
Rizzoli, February 2018

Hardcover | 10 x 10 inches | 304 pages | English | ISBN: 978-0847861804 | $35.00

Publisher Description:
Taking readers behind architecture?s facades and finishes, this charmingly illustrated book explores how some of the most important buildings in the world were constructed. Specially commissioned isometric drawings present the essential structural elements of the world?s masterpiece buildings that are not visible to the naked eye. These illustrations are displayed alongside plans, details, and photographs, all of which are clear and accessible, yet accurate and elegant enough to satisfy the most discerning eye.
This fascinating book explores the thinking and expertise behind architects? designs and offers a means by which to better understand buildings already visited as well as those on the must-see list. Selections range from domestic structures such as Frank Lloyd Wright?s Fallingwater and skyscrapers such as the Chrysler Building, to iconic classics such as the Louvre and Barcelona?s famed Sagrada Familia Cathedral. The buildings have been chosen for their importance and interest, their role in the development of architectural thinking, and the structural secrets that intricate 3-D drawings can reveal.dDAB Commentary:
When I was child, some of my favorite books were ones that explained "how things work" through words an...