An edition of Architecture
(2006)
Architecture
1st American ed.
by Jonathan Glancey
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Showing you what others only tell you. From airports to Ziggurats, explore the world's greatest buildings with fascinating illustrations that take you right to the heart of the world's landmark buildings. Featuring all major historical styles and covering all parts of the world, discover how building has evolved from extravagant royal palaces to the towering headquarters of today's global corporations. Perfect for any architecture enthusiast, this is the definitive visual guide to discovering 5,000 years of architectural design, style and construction.
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Table of Contents
Introducing architecture
What is architecture?
The building blocks of architecture
From village to city
Ancient Near East
Ancient Egypt
The Americas
Central & North America
South America
The classical world
Classical Greece
Roman architecture
Early Christian & Byzantine architecture
India & Southeast Asia
Indian architecture
Southeast Asia
East Asia
China
Japan & Korea
The Islamic world
The first mosques
Persia & Mughal India
Medieval Europe
Romanesque
Gothic
The Renaissance
Italian Renaissance
Renaissance beyond Italy
Baroque & rococo
Baroque
Rococo
Classical revival
Neo-classicism
Neo-classicism in the USA
The industrial world
The machine age
Gothic revival
Nostalgia & whimsy
The modern world
Modernism
Traditionalism
The contemporary world.
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Previously published as: Story of architecture.
Includes index.
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