A history of Western architecture
By: David Watkin
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Laurence King Pub.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9781780675978
Subjects: Architecture and society; Architecture; History
Description: 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].
Notes: Previous edition: 2011. First edition published in 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-724) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mesopotamia and Egypt; title: The classical foundation : Greek, Hellenistic, Roman; title: Early Christian and Byzantine; title: Carolingian and Romanesque; title: The Gothic experiment; title: Renaissance harmony; title: Baroque expansion; title: Eighteenth-century classicism; title: The nineteenth-century; title: Art nouveau; title: The twentieth century; title: The twenty-first century.