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Laurence King Publishing - A history of western architecture | david watkin

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• In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin 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 the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture
• Underlining the continuity between
• Say
• The work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim
• Mead and White in twentiethcentury New York
• Authoritative
• Comprehensive and highly illustrated
• This sixth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapter on twenty-first century developments
• Including the role of computers in architecture