Discovering Architecture

Berta Bardi i Milà is a Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona. She has a PhD in Architectural Design. Berta specialises in modern architecture, and the methodology of teaching architecture.Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababalà, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications including, Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War?, Migrants, Politics and Economics. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain.

• Introduction 3The Pyramids 4Classical Greece/The Parthenon 6Rome and the birth of town planning 8Arches, vaults and domes 10The Pantheon 11Byzantine architecture/Hagia Sophia 12A world of domes 13Andrea Palladio/La Rotonda 14The Japanese house 16Katsura Imperial Villa 17Vernacular architecture 18Homes 20A new age/Crystal Palace 22Art Nouveau/Sagrada Familia 24Antoni Gaudi 25When architecture meets other arts 26Le Corbusier 28Fallingwater 30Reinventing the modern house 31German Pavilion 32Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 33Iconic buildings 34Structures 36Higher and higher 38Zaha Hadid 40Contemporary architecture 41Basic elements of architecture 42Being an architect 44Architecture of the future 46Life on Mars 48

We love Discovering Architecture by Eduard Altaribba and Berta Bardi I Mila. Fantastic illustrations stylishly explore the very building blocks of architecture around the world. Fascinating and informative.