September 16, 2001

Book Picks - Architecture

by Linda DeLaine

The Art and Architecture of Russia
George Heard Hamilton
Designed by Judith Gordon

Paperback, 3rd ed., 482pp.
Yale University Press
June 1992

A History of Russian Architecture
William Craft Brumfield

Paperback, 656pp.
Cambridge University Press
July 1997

Lost Russia: Photographing the Ruins of Russian Architecture
William Craft Brumfield

Paperback, 132pp.
Duke University Press
May 1995

The Russian Kremlin
Meg Greene

Hardcover, 95pp.
Gale Group Pub.
September 2001
Recommend Age Range: 5

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