Architecture in Wood: A World History

Some books are so beautifully produced and contain such superb images that even before one starts reading they have an entrancing quality that makes ownership essential. For anyone interested in design architecture cultures or travel [this book] is just such a volume . . . captivating.Ó ?TES Many of the worldÕs greatest buildings are made of wood yet it is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental needs. Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who trained as an architect and photojournalist. Intensely dramatic but not overdramatized technically flawless but not merely documentary his internationally acclaimed photographs convey all the excitement of encountering these amazing structures firsthand.He has traveled the world seeking the famous and the obscure. In the text he shows how the wooden heritage of Japan grew from its Buddhist history; how RussiaÕs carpenters