Architecture: The Whole Story - Softcover

'A must-have coffee table compendium for anyone with a passing interest in architecture' - Fabric 'Inspired, comprehensive ... will appeal to a broad readership' - Cassone 'Ravishing ... the 1,000 illustrations echo with resonances both practical and aesthetic' - Independent

From ancient and classical masterpieces to contemporary, cutting-edge buildings, architecture has defined our world throughout history. Drawing its examples from all around the globe, Architecture: The Whole Story is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits. For everyone who has ever wished for greater insight into the art of building design, Architecture: The Whole Story provides the analytical tools to appreciate to the fullest the variety of architectural achievement and the built environment in the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Prehistoric architecture
· Neolithic

Chapter 2. Architecture in the ancient world Period
· Egypt and Neo-Sumerian · Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia · Teotihuacans · Olmec, Toltec, Mayan · Inca · China · Japan · Minoan and Mycenean · Greek Archaic, Classical Greece and Hellenistic Greek · Etruscan and Ancient Rome · Early Christian and Byzantine · Islamic

Chapter 3. Medieval architecture
· Pre-Romanesque · Romanesque · Gothic
Chapter 4. Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque
· Renaissance and Mannerism · Baroque · Churrigueresque · Colonial

Chapter 5. The Enlightenment
· Georgian · Neoclassical, Greek revival · Gothic revival · Regency

Chapter 6. Modern Architecture
· Beaux-Arts · Art Nouveau · Art Deco · Modernism · Organic, Expressionist Modern, and Biomimeticism · Constructivism · International Style · Brutalism, Metabolism · Futurist, Utopian · Postmodernism · High-Tech Modernism · Deconstructivism · New Vernacularism and Ecoism