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Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. This is the latest in the long line of architectural guides to the buildings of england, 49 to date, nominally cowritten by the late sir nikolaus pevsner 190283, an architectural historian who. Pioneers of modern design by nikolaus pevsner abebooks. Available again in paperback, this first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the west. Discover book depositorys huge selection of nikolaus pevsner books online. Mellon lectures in fine art at the national gallery of art, washington, d. Born in leipzig, he studied at various german universities. The pevsner architectural guides are a series of guide books to the architecture of great. Pevsner nikolaus papers online archive of california. Author pevsner, nikolaus, 19021983 subjects architecture and society public buildings construction publiques. Here nikolaus pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects. He established his reputation with pioneers of modern design, though he is probably best known for his celebrated series of guides, the buildings of england, acknowledged as one of the great achievements of twentiethcentury scholarship.

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Sir nikolaus bernhard leon pevsner cbe fba 30 january 1902 18 august 1983 was a german, later british scholar of the history of art, and especially that of architecture. A history of building types paperback january 1, 1979 by nikolaus pevsner author 3. Sir nikolaus bernhard leon pevsner cbe fba 30 january 1902 18 august 1983 was a germanbritish art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46volume series of countybycounty guides, the buildings of england 195174. About the author 1976 he is a former architecture historian.