A history of Western architecture /
David Watkin.
- Sixth edition.
- London : Laurence King Pub., 2015.
- 736 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Previous edition: 2011. First edition published in 1986.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-724) and index.
Mesopotamia and Egypt -- The classical foundation : Greek, Hellenistic, Roman -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian and Romanesque -- The Gothic experiment -- Renaissance harmony -- Baroque expansion -- Eighteenth-century classicism -- The nineteenth-century -- Art nouveau -- The twentieth century -- The twenty-first century.
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 that "traditional architecture has re-established itself as a solution to the many problems presented by new needs and new materials ... the classical language of architecture is always modern. ... This new edition covers.. [structures] in [other areas of the world] as products of globalization, the attention paid to sustainability, energy; recycling elements of buildings; the passion for astonishing height but also architecture on a human scale, and urban planning [issues]
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Architecture--History. Architecture and society--History.