Architectural theory
Subtitle: from the Renaissance to the present : 89 essays on 117 treatises
By: with a preface by Bernd Evers and an introduction by Christof Thoenes ; in cooperation with the Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin ; [English translation, Gregory Fauria, Jeremy Gaines, Michael Shuttleworth].
Contributors: Evers, Bernd, 1941-.; Thoenes, Christof.; Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany)
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Köln; Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 845
Subjects: Architecture -- Philosophy; Architecture -- Historiography
Description: "Discusses, in 89 concise essays, the most important treatises on architecture from the Renaissance to today. The authors explore the origins of each treatise and examine the motives that have prompted architects over the past 500 years to set down their ideas on paper. Grouped by nation and epoch, the writings of Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio, Marc-Antoine Laugier, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, John Shute Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Aldo Rossi and Rem Koolhaas are just some of those discussed"--Inside front cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 826-833) and index.

Translated from the German.