An Architect's Rome (Bulfinch Architecture/Travel Series)

By John M. McGuire Jr. and Jr. McGuire, John M.

Book Overview

McGuire describes and illustrates with excellent pen and ink sketches and water colors. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821219545
• ISBN13: 9780821219546
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Bulfinch Pr
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

This book needs to be reprinted!

I am sorry to see that this book is no longer in print. Before a trip to Rome, I purchased 'An Architect's Rome' and read it from cover to cover. Reading 'An Architect's Rome' helped me plan my trip and as I read my enthusiasm for Rome increased. By the time I arrived in Rome I felt as if I knew the city and was returning to visit my favorite places. The author transfered his love for the city to me. On the author's recommendation I took the Ostia Antica day trip and thoroughly enjoyed the day. This is the best book on Rome that I have read.

Everyone traveling to Rome must read this book

As an architect, I appreciate John McGuire's personal descriptions of my favorite places in Rome. The illustrations are some of the best I have ever seen. This past Christmas, I gave this book to several friends as a bon voyage gift. We spent the morning over coffee discussing how well Rome is described in this book. Anyone interested in Rome would enjoy reading this book.

Excellent guide to walking tours of Rome and its architectur

I visited Rome three years ago, and saw most of what McGuire describes and illustrates with excellent pen and ink sketches and water colors. If I had the book then, I could have saved time, seen more, and I think, appreciated what I did see and visit to a greater extent. I am an architect. Perhaps this is why I so enjoyed McGuire's book. Most people who visit Rome do so because of its remarkable architecture. This volume will enhance their visit.