{"product_id":"on-the-art-of-building-in-ten-booksisbn-9780262510608","title":"On the Art of Building in Ten Books","description":"\u003ci\u003eDe Re Aedificatoria\u003c\/i\u003e, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.Brilliantly translated...Rykwert and his team have restored the pleasures of Alberti's writing for English readers...This undoubtedly deserves to become the standard English translation.—\u003cb\u003eAnthony Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis English edition surpasses the earlier one in a number of significant ways...It will no doubt soon find a place on all architectural reading lists, and deservedly so.\u003c\/p\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePaul Davies\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt History\u003c\/i\u003e—Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeil Leach is an architect and theorist who has taught at a number of institutions worldwide, including the Architectural Association in London, the Dessau Institute Dessau, Germany, and Columbia University. He is the author, editor, or translator of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eRethinking Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Anaesthetics of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 1999), and Alberti's \u003ci\u003eOn the Art of Building in Ten Books\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press 1991).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Tavernor is Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Bath and a practicing architect. His previous books include a translation (with Joseph Rykwert and Neil Leach) of Alberti's \u003ci\u003eOn the Art of Building in Ten Books\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePalladio and Palladianism\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304194953445,"sku":"NP9780262510608","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262510608.jpg?v=1730756595","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/on-the-art-of-building-in-ten-booksisbn-9780262510608","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}