Main entry:

Watkin, David, 1941-2018, author.

Title & Author:

A history of Western architecture / David Watkin.

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Publication:

London : Laurence King Publishing, 2015.

Description:

736 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
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.

Summary:

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].

ISBN:

1780675976 (paperback)
9781780675978 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture History.
Architecture and society History.
Architecture Histoire.
Architecture et société Histoire.
History.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Arkitektur historia.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290137
Call No.: BIB 232943
Status: Available