Buildings across Time  
Subtitle: An Introduction to World Architectural
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Published: August 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780767405119
Subjects: Criticism; History - General; Architecture / History; Architecture; Textbooks; History
First sentence: Architecture is an ancient and necessary art, for people have always sought shelter from the elements, and thus the beginnings of architectures are part of prehistory, the period before the development of written language.