A World History of Architecture (2nd Ed.) /anglais: (Second Edition) (E) - Tapa blanda

"There are any number of architectural survey texts but this is the most comprehensive and pleasing of them all" Perspective "An excellent primer" Sunday Times "Takes on Banister Fletcher on his own ground and beats him hollow with a combination of lucid, well informed text and pictures... the images make browsing a pleasure... if I were teaching a survey course of architectural history, I would choose this as the course book" Art Quarterly"

Updated with expanded coverage of non-western architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, India, Russia, China and Japan. Written in clear and engaging style, the text encourages readers to examine the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed. The global reach of the text is matched by a rich assortment of photographs from around the world and a greater array of detailed line drawings than in any architectural survey. The authors have created a formidable body of work that ranges over much of the world's architectural heritage and testifies to some of the world's greatest achievements of the human spirit.