A history of Western architecture / David Watkin.
By: Watkin, David [author.].
London : Laurence King Publishing, 2015Edition: Sixth edition.Description: 736 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1780675976; 9781780675978.Subject(s): Architecture and society -- History | Architecture -- History | Architecture and society | ArchitectureGenre/Form: History. | Print books.DDC classification: 720/.9182/1| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA200 .W412 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AUF000000000104 |
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| NA200 .K65 1995 A history of architecture : settings and rituals / | NA200 .M575 2008 A world history of architecture / | NA200 .R57 2011 The story of Western architecture / | NA200 .W412 2015 A history of Western architecture / | NA200 .W478 2011 100 ideas that changed architecture / | NA202 .J33 2015 Archi-graphic : an infographic look at architecture / | NA202 .S78 2017 Iconic buildings. |
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].