History of architecture

This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period.

This classic text is the first integrated survey of the phenomenon of siege warfare during its most creative period.

The Brooklyn Bridge is a pre-eminent global icon.

The Brooklyn Bridge is a pre-eminent global icon.

In the years of reconstruction and economic boom that followed the Second World War, the domestic sphere encountered new expectations regarding social behaviour, modes of living, and forms of dwelling.

In the years of reconstruction and economic boom that followed the Second World War, the domestic sphere encountered new expectations regarding social behaviour, modes of living, and forms of dwelling.

This book reinterprets the Muslim architecture and urban planning of South India, looking beyond the Deccan to the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala - the historic coasts of Coromandel and Malabar.

This book reinterprets the Muslim architecture and urban planning of South India, looking beyond the Deccan to the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala - the historic coasts of Coromandel and Malabar.

This series investigates the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of interiors.

This series investigates the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of interiors.

The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution.

The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution.

This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process.

This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process.

The sketch is a window into the architects mind.

The sketch is a window into the architects mind.

There is no shortage of books about Le Corbusier, or Mies van der Rohe, or De Stijl.

There is no shortage of books about Le Corbusier, or Mies van der Rohe, or De Stijl.

Garden suburbs were the almost universal form of urban growth in the English-speaking world for most of the twentieth century.

Garden suburbs were the almost universal form of urban growth in the English-speaking world for most of the twentieth century.

Architecture can influence the way we feel, and can help us along as we go about our lives, or sabotage our habitual ways of doing things.

Architecture can influence the way we feel, and can help us along as we go about our lives, or sabotage our habitual ways of doing things.

The New Eco-Architecture builds a historical bridge between architectural science and design.

The New Eco-Architecture builds a historical bridge between architectural science and design.

In Behind the Postcolonial Abidin Kusno shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia.

In Behind the Postcolonial Abidin Kusno shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia.

This book takes a look at the history and use of cut, rubbed and gauged brickwork; the use of tools and equipment and the differences between historic and contemporary bricks with a view to inform conservation and restoration decisions.

This book takes a look at the history and use of cut, rubbed and gauged brickwork; the use of tools and equipment and the differences between historic and contemporary bricks with a view to inform conservation and restoration decisions.

This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders.

This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders.

'In the contemporary British context, 'heritage' is a highly politicized and contentious term', Tony Kusher writes in his introduction to this edited collection of essays on the subject of Jewish heritage, thus setting the tone for a book as much interested in the preservation as it is the understanding of this culture.

'In the contemporary British context, 'heritage' is a highly politicized and contentious term', Tony Kusher writes in his introduction to this edited collection of essays on the subject of Jewish heritage, thus setting the tone for a book as much interested in the preservation as it is the understanding of this culture.

Disabled by chasing curricular criteria (required for accreditation and professional registration), architecture schools are mostly compliance and reproduction machines serving the building industry.

Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their precedents in earlier twentieth century modern architecture, this book examines the tectonics, the history and the influence of translucency as a defining characteristic in architecture.

Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their precedents in earlier twentieth century modern architecture, this book examines the tectonics, the history and the influence of translucency as a defining characteristic in architecture.

Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region's rich and varied architecture.

Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region's rich and varied architecture.

The architectural imagery that you create is most effective when it examines your project in an abstract manner.

The architectural imagery that you create is most effective when it examines your project in an abstract manner.

The flowering of Far Eastern culture and philosophy as seen through the remarkable gardens they gave rise to.

The flowering of Far Eastern culture and philosophy as seen through the remarkable gardens they gave rise to.

The Asian urban landscape contains nearly half of the planet's inhabitants and more than half of its slum population living in some of its oldest and densest cities.

The Asian urban landscape contains nearly half of the planet's inhabitants and more than half of its slum population living in some of its oldest and densest cities.

First published in 2005.

First published in 2005.

The colonial architecture of the nineteenth century has much to tell us of the history of colonialism and cultural exchange.

The colonial architecture of the nineteenth century has much to tell us of the history of colonialism and cultural exchange.

First published in 2001.

First published in 2001.

Winner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians.