History of architecture

Across Europe, the parish church has stood for centuries at the centre of local communities; it was the focal point of its religious life, the rituals performed there marked the stages of life from the cradle to the grave.

Once described as 'England's Apollo' James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) was an outstanding patron of the arts during the first half of the eighteenth century.

Once described as 'England's Apollo' James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) was an outstanding patron of the arts during the first half of the eighteenth century.

This book is a study of Islamic architecture in Anatolia following the Mongol conquest in 1243.

This book is a study of Islamic architecture in Anatolia following the Mongol conquest in 1243.

Few other cities can compare with Rome's history of continuous habitation, nor with the survival of so many different epochs in its present.

Few other cities can compare with Rome's history of continuous habitation, nor with the survival of so many different epochs in its present.

Bringing together leading writers and practicing architects including Jean Dethier, David Mayernik, Massimo Scolari, Robert Adam, David Watkin and Leon Krier, this volume provides a kaleidoscopic, multilayered exploration of the Architectural Capriccio.

Bringing together leading writers and practicing architects including Jean Dethier, David Mayernik, Massimo Scolari, Robert Adam, David Watkin and Leon Krier, this volume provides a kaleidoscopic, multilayered exploration of the Architectural Capriccio.

Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century.

Sir James Stirling was arguably the greatest British architect of the twentieth century.

The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India.

The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India.

The great cathedrals and churches of the medieval West continue to awe.

The great cathedrals and churches of the medieval West continue to awe.

The flowering of Gothic architecture depended to a striking extent on the use of drawing as a tool of design.

The early modern period is often characterised as a time that witnessed the rise of a new and powerful merchant class across Europe.

The early modern period is often characterised as a time that witnessed the rise of a new and powerful merchant class across Europe.

Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city.

In the rural plateaux of northern Ethiopia, one can still find scattered ruins of monumental buildings that are evidently alien to the country's ancient architectural tradition.

In the rural plateaux of northern Ethiopia, one can still find scattered ruins of monumental buildings that are evidently alien to the country's ancient architectural tradition.

Contemporary architecture, and the culture it reflects dependent as it is on fossil fuels, has contributed to the cause and necessity of a burgeoning green process that emerged over the past half century.

Contemporary architecture, and the culture it reflects dependent as it is on fossil fuels, has contributed to the cause and necessity of a burgeoning green process that emerged over the past half century.

During the mid-nineteenth century a debate arose over the form and functions of the public art museum in Britain.

During the mid-nineteenth century a debate arose over the form and functions of the public art museum in Britain.

Is the display of number and geometry in medieval religious architecture evidence of intended symbolism?

Is the display of number and geometry in medieval religious architecture evidence of intended symbolism?

This interdisciplinary collection explores the relationships between women and built space in England between the 1870s and the 1940s.

This interdisciplinary collection explores the relationships between women and built space in England between the 1870s and the 1940s.

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves.

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves.

Princes of the Church brings together the latest research exploring the importance of bishops' palaces for social and political history, landscape history, architectural history and archaeology.

Princes of the Church brings together the latest research exploring the importance of bishops' palaces for social and political history, landscape history, architectural history and archaeology.

This book is the first study of the portico and its decorative program as a cultural phenomenon in Renaissance Italy.

This book is the first study of the portico and its decorative program as a cultural phenomenon in Renaissance Italy.

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints.

In The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power, Kinnee presents the first monographic treatment of ancient trophies in sixty years.

In The Greek and Roman Trophy: From Battlefield Marker to Icon of Power, Kinnee presents the first monographic treatment of ancient trophies in sixty years.

This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through close readings of constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Caruso St John Architects, Mies van der Rohe and OMA.

This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through close readings of constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Caruso St John Architects, Mies van der Rohe and OMA.

Based on a transnational study of decommissioned, postcolonial prisons in Taiwan (Taipei and Chiayi), South Korea (Seoul), and China (Lushun), this book offers a critical reading of prisons as a particular colonial product, the current restoration of which as national heritage is closely related to the evolving conceptualization of punishment.

Based on a transnational study of decommissioned, postcolonial prisons in Taiwan (Taipei and Chiayi), South Korea (Seoul), and China (Lushun), this book offers a critical reading of prisons as a particular colonial product, the current restoration of which as national heritage is closely related to the evolving conceptualization of punishment.

This thoroughly updated edition of Angus J.

This thoroughly updated edition of Angus J.

A History of Architecture and Trade draws together essays from an international roster of distinguished and emerging scholars to critically examine the important role architecture and urbanism played in the past five hundred years of global trading, moving away from a conventional Western narrative.

The Architecture of Medieval Churches investigates the impact of affective theology on architecture and artefacts, focusing on the Middle Ages as a period of high achievement of this synthesis.

The Architecture of Medieval Churches investigates the impact of affective theology on architecture and artefacts, focusing on the Middle Ages as a period of high achievement of this synthesis.

A History of Architecture and Trade draws together essays from an international roster of distinguished and emerging scholars to critically examine the important role architecture and urbanism played in the past five hundred years of global trading, moving away from a conventional Western narrative.

This was first published in 2000: A study of John Ruskin's engagement with art and architecture as a critic, a patron and a teacher.

This was first published in 2000: A study of John Ruskin's engagement with art and architecture as a critic, a patron and a teacher.