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736 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. This new edition covers structures in other areas of the world as products of globalization, the attention paid to sustainability, energy, recycling elements of buildings, the passion for astonishing height but also architecture on a human scale and urban planning issues.
Mesopotamia and Egypt -- The classical foundation : Greek, Hellenistic, Roman -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian and Romanesque -- The Gothic experiment -- Renaissance harmony -- Baroque expansion -- Eighteenth-century classicism -- The nineteenth-century -- Art nouveau -- The twentieth century -- The twenty-first century.
Previous edition: 2011. First edition published in 1986.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-724) and index.