The Story of Western Architecture - Softcover
Originally published in 1979, the author has revised this survey of Western Civilization to take the reader back to Asia Minor, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. He has also extended it to include the recent years of postmodernism and urbanism, the New Right ideology of the 1980s, and the rising environmental concerns of the 1990s. The author views the history of architecture not as a chronology of styles but as an expression of social and economic conditions; he informs us not only of what was built but how, when, and under what cultural incentives.
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- Sherban Cantacuzino, former Executive Editor, "The Architectural Review" " An excellent, very readable survey full of unconventional judgments, imbued with a town planner's humanist values." "- Publishers Weekly" " One of the most remarkable books on the subject that I have ever come across ... a tremendous achievement of Pevsnerian dimensions." - Sherban Cantacuzino, former Executive Editor, "The Architectural Review" & quot; An excellent, very readable survey full of unconventional judgments, imbued with a town planner's humanist values.& quot; - Publishers Weekly & quot; One of the most remarkable books on the subject that I have ever come across ... a tremendous achievement of Pevsnerian dimensions.& quot; - Sherban Cantacuzino, former Executive Editor, The Architectural Review "One of the most remarkable books on the subject that I have ever come across ... a tremendous achievement of Pevsnerian dimensions."- Sherban Cantacuzino, former Executive Editor, "The Architectural Review" "An excellent, very readable survey full of unconventional judgments, imbued with a town planner's humanist values.""- Publishers Weekly"
About the Author:
Bill Risebero is an architect and town planner who since 1988 has taught architecture, design and urban regeneration at a number of British and American universities. He has also written two other books on architecture - Modern Architecture and Design, and Fantastic Form.
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- PublisherMIT Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0262680955
- ISBN 13 9780262680950
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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