Palace Of Palms: Tropical Dreams And The Making Kew Kate Teltscher Picador Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Architecture

\ A Glorious Green Adventure Story Ann Treneman The Times Books Of Year\ Most Enthralling Historical Book I’ve Read This Year Claire Tomalin New Statesman Daringly Innovative When It Opened In 1848 Palm House Kew Gardens Remains One Beautiful Glass Buildings World Today Seemingly Weightless Vast And Yet Light Floats Free From Architectural Convention At Once Monumental Ethereal Distance Crowns Palms Within Are Silhouetted Central Dome Close To Banana Leaves Thrust Themselves Against Enter Is Tropical Fantasy Body Assaulted By Heat Smell Damp Vegetation Palace Kate Teltscher Tells Extraordinary Its Creation Victorians’ Obsession With That Filled Breathtaking Ambition Scientific Discovery Crucially Remarkable Men Whose Vision Was Commissioned Charismatic First Director Sir William Hooker Designed Audacious Irish Engineer Richard Turner Managed Kew’s Forthright Curator John Smith Who Battled Boilers Floods Ensure Survival Rare Wondrous Plants Housed Σελίδες: 400 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1026 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm