All Titles from "The Story of Architecture"

BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE

Part of a new, accessibly written, and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features Baroque's most important architects, buildings and cities, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings, and plans. The book offers a general introduction to Baroque, discusses the characteristics of the style, and the commonly used techniques and materials.

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CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

this book features contemporary architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. From post- and neo-modernist to deconstructivist and contextualist, contemporary architecture embraces a wide range of approaches.

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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

The book offers a general introduction to the Gothic period and discusses the primary characteristics of the style, along with the commonly used techniques and materials. A hallmark of the medieval period, Gothic architecture originated in twelfth-century France and lasted until the sixteenth century.

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features modern architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. A style driven by huge technological advances, modernism is architecture's most diverse period.

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19TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE

The latest volume in this series offers readers the tools they need to comprehend the grand visions of 19th-century European architects, who confidently adapted styles from earlier eras to create magnificent, modern buildings.

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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

this book features the Renaissance period's most important architects, buildings and cities, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, and drawings and plans. The book offers a general introduction to the period and discusses the primary characteristics of the style, along with commonly used techniques and materials.

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ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features Romanesque architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. Arranged chronologically, this guide features dozens of familiar and lesser-known examples, including St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Durham Cathedral in England, and Mont Saint Michel in Normandy.

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