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.
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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.
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General info
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
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
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