Architecture

"Offers comprehensive coverage of architectural and construction terms."

"...covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day."

"...broad coverage focuses on architectural processes & design, materials, construction methods & management but also encompasses biographies of leading architects, architectural history, articles on architectural aesthetics, literature & criticism, listings on current laws & regulations, & information on leading firms & schools. Includes 3,000 illustrations & 500 tables."

"...the most comprehensive visual survey, period by period, feature by feature, of the key styles in American and British domestic architecture from the Tudor period to present day."

"...follows the progression of American architecture from the first settlers, traders and colonists, through to the classical influence."

"...illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the world's vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps."

"Includes some 400 well-selected illustrations and a glossary of stylistic and technical terms."

"...ispeaks of an architecture inscribed in the information society and influenced by the new technologies, the new economy, environmental concerns and individual interests." An illustrated dictionary.

Heavily illustrated.