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A World History of Architecture
A magnificently illustrated guide to theglobal history of architecture—updated toinclude the non-western world and worksfrom women The Second Edition of this historical architecturalguide gives you a deeperknowledge and wider perspective of traditions inarchitecture throughout the world—from prehistoricthrough modern structures. Extensively and beautifullyillustrated, the book includes photos, plans, scales forworld-famous structures such as the Parthenon, Versailles,the Brooklyn Bridge, and many others.
592 pages, Hardcover
First published August 28, 2003
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April 1, 2013
Book for the month :)
It is what keeps me grounded.
3 kgs :P lol
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It took me like a year to go through the whole book. Well organised with great descriptions and citation of the history of world architecture.
An excellent coffee table book that friends are always fascinated by your taste and its price.
It is what keeps me grounded.
3 kgs :P lol
.Latest update.
It took me like a year to go through the whole book. Well organised with great descriptions and citation of the history of world architecture.
An excellent coffee table book that friends are always fascinated by your taste and its price.
August 12, 2020
This is a burdensome book. There are so many printing problems in my copy that I cannot even begin to describe, I got upset throughout the whole volume, very disappointed. If you need a really straight timeline of architectural styles and a good bibliography at the end of the book, this is the book for you. Although those are pieces of information that you can gather online, it will save study time to get them all in one volume. But if you need some in-depth analysis, this book will be a nightmare for you, it's very descriptive and imprecise sometimes...some affirmations comes out of nowhere, with no clear primary/secondary fonts...I took two months to finish, it was a clear proof of discipline to myself.
Review for a recent version with 617 pages.
Review for a recent version with 617 pages.
June 5, 2016
I purchased this book because the author was my architectural history professor in school. He was an outstanding instructor and this book brought back many memories.
December 15, 2016
Excellent book I've learn a lot while reading this book for my ARCH class.
May 22, 2023
The owner of the architectural design office has bought this one as a present to me. I loved it. The history of architecture is nicely and briefly told with some successfully selected examples of architectural works. The last 20th century part was kinda missing a lot but there were a lot that could have been mentioned in the book which would have made it as long as the rest of the book anyway.
It was a nice reminder of the history, process and evolution of architecture for me. I think it can be read by non architects /enthusiasts too since the author tried to explain some important terms on more than one equations.
It was a nice reminder of the history, process and evolution of architecture for me. I think it can be read by non architects /enthusiasts too since the author tried to explain some important terms on more than one equations.
May 9, 2017
Yup. It's an architecture textbook.
April 25, 2021
Esse livro é espetacular. Um belo compilado sobre arquitetura de regiões e momentos diversos. Só poderia melhorar se falasse um pouco mais de desenho urbano.
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October 8, 2013Excruciatingly detailed and orderly. From the bits I already learned, I can say it seems pretty accurate too. Hard work for those reasons but enriching too.
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March 31, 2015Thanks it's great
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