A History of Western Architecture

by: David Watkin

A History of Western Architecture
Author: David Watkin

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 19 September 2011 (REV)

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ISBN: 1856697908 ISBN 13: 9781856697903 This product is the new edition of: A History of Western Architecture (2005)

A History of Western Architecture by David Watkin

In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the 21st century. This fifth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapter on 21stC developments. Top page

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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. The author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between, say, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and White in twentieth-century New York. Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fifth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapter on twenty-first century developments, including computers and architecture, and sustainability and the environment. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Edition details 5th Revised edition

City: London

Edition: REV

Pages: 720

More info: height 235 mm width 190 mm weight 1940 gr thickness 43 mm

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Age recommended: College/higher education

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 720.9

Record updated at: 17 May, 2013 time: 01:04

Summary A History of Western Architecture Changes for the 5th edition: - New jacket - Revised introduction and updated endmatter - An entirely new final chapter on twenty-first century architecture which brings the history right up to the present day - The final chapter discusses key themes in recent 21st century architecture, such as sustainability and the wide variety of styles in current architecture and the dramatic buildings designed using the latest CAD techniques Top page

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