Architectural History and Styles

The book is relevant to current issues of contemporary practice and education, showing that philosophical issues are fundamental, and those relating to design decisions never go away. It includes 200 illustrations and will appeal to all those interested in twentieth century architecture and architectural students.

Classic architecture reference, now in its seventh edition

The history of Britain told through the stories of twenty-five notable buildings, from the Iron Age fortification of Maiden Castle in Dorset to the Gherkin.

This book reveals the 'Epistemic Imposition' of architectural ideas and practices by colonists from the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies from the late-19th century onwards, exploring the ways in which this came to shape the profession up to the present day in what is now known as Indonesia.

A captivating and heavily illustrated chronicle of architectural research into the public spaces of Italy's historic towns and cities, put together by leading Italian architecture firm Labics and forming a timeless theory for the design of public spaces.

This book presents the making of Mexican modernist architecture mainly through five power structures : academic, social status, economic/political, gender, and post-colonial, and through interviews with thirteen key Mexican architects.