In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin 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 the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between, say, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and White in twentieth-century New York. Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fifth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapter on twenty-first century developments, including computers and architecture, and sustainability and the environment.
- ISBN10 1856697908
- ISBN13 9781856697903
- Publish Date 12 September 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 February 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Laurence King Publishing
- Edition 5th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 720
- Language English