ABSTRACT

This widely acclaimed, beautifully illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, including essays on non-Western traditions. The expanded book vividly examines the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in ways that are both accessible and engaging.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I The Elements of Architecture

chapter 1|12 pages

Architecture: The Art of Shaping of Space

chapter 2|12 pages

“Commoditie”: Building Functions

chapter 4|34 pages

“Delight”: Seeing Architecture

chapter 5|14 pages

Architecture and Sound

chapter 8|7 pages

Architecture, Memory, and Economics

chapter |3 pages

Chronology

part |2 pages

Part II The History and Meaning of Architecture

chapter 11|30 pages

Greek Architecture

chapter 12|26 pages

Roman Architecture

chapter |8 pages

ESSAY 1: Indian Architecture

chapter 13|56 pages

Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture

chapter |8 pages

ESSAY 2: Islamic Architecture

chapter 14|50 pages

Medieval Architecture

chapter 15|44 pages

Renaissance Architecture

chapter 16|40 pages

Baroque and Rococo Architecture

chapter |8 pages

ESSAY 4: Chinese Architecture

chapter |8 pages

ESSAY 5: Japanese Architecture

chapter |8 pages

ESSAY 6: African Architecture

chapter 19|52 pages

Versions of Modern Architecture, 1914–1970

chapter 21|12 pages

Into the Twenty-First Century

chapter |16 pages

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