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From ancient Chinese civilization to the postmodern world


Organized along a global timeline, A Global History of Architecture presents an innovative approach to the study of architectural history. Spanning from 3,500 B.C.E. to the present, this unique guide is written by an all-star team of architectural experts in their fields who emphasize the connections, contrasts, and influences of architectural movements throughout history. The architectural history of the world comes to life through a unified framework for interpreting and understanding architecture, supplemented by rich drawings from the renowned Frank Ching as well as brilliant photographs.

Architecture and art history enthusiasts will find A Global History of Architecture perpetually at their fingertips.

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• Preface(p. xi)
• Color Portfolio(p. xvii)
• Early Cultures(p. 1)
• 3500 BCE(p. 5)
• Beginnings of China's Civilization(p. 8)
• Niuheliang Ritual Center(p. 10)
• Early Indus Settlements(p. 11)
• Predynastic Egypt(p. 13)
• Mesopotamia(p. 15)
• Catal Huyuk(p. 17)
• Eridu and Uruk(p. 19)
• European Megalithic Tombs(p. 22)
• Stone Circles(p. 23)
• 2500 BCE(p. 25)
• Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization(p. 28)
• Mohenjo-Daro(p. 30)
• Early Empires of Mesopotamia(p. 32)
• Ur(p. 33)
• Ziggurat at Ur(p. 34)
• Egypt: The Old Kingdom(p. 37)
• Pyramids at Giza(p. 41)
• Architecture and Food(p. 44)
• Megalithic Temples of Malta(p. 45)
• Stonehenge(p. 47)
• First Civilizations of the Americas(p. 50)
• Caral(p. 51)
• El Paraiso(p. 52)
• 1500 BCE(p. 53)
• Egypt: The New Kingdom(p. 56)
• Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut(p. 60)
• Sun Temple at Amarna(p. 61)
• Abu Simbel(p. 62)
• Egyptian Design Methods(p. 63)
• Hittite Empire(p. 64)
• Hattusas(p. 65)
• Minoan Civilization(p. 67)
• Knossos(p. 68)
• Mycenaean Civilization(p. 71)
• Treasury of Atreus(p. 73)
• Sardinia(p. 74)
• Civilization of the High Andes(p. 75)
• Salinas de Chao(p. 77)
• Poverty Point(p. 78)
• Shang Dynasty China(p. 79)
• 800 BCE(p. 81)
• Olmecs(p. 84)
• San Lorenzo(p. 85)
• La Venta(p. 86)
• Chavin de Huantar(p. 88)
• Zhou Dynasty China(p. 90)
• Ritual Complex at Fengchu(p. 91)
• Wangcheng Plan(p. 92)
• Varanasi: The Aryan Conquest(p. 93)
• Etruscan Civilization(p. 95)
• Etruscan Religion(p. 97)
• Etruscan Temples(p. 99)
• Greece: Geometric Period(p. 100)
• Emergence of the Greek Temple Form(p. 102)
• Temple of Solomon(p. 104)
• Kingdom of Kush(p. 105)
• Sun Temple at Meroe(p. 106)
• Neo-Assyrian Empire(p. 107)
• Babylon(p. 108)
• 400 BCE(p. 109)
• Achaemenid Dynasty(p. 112)
• Persepolis(p. 114)
• Classical Greece(p. 116)
• Magna Graecia Temples(p. 117)
• Greek Architecture and Language(p. 118)
• Telesterion at Eleusis(p. 120)
• Delphi(p. 121)
• Temple of Apollo at Delphi(p. 122)
• Ionic Order(p. 123)
• Athenian Propylaea(p. 125)
• Erectheum(p. 126)
• Parthenon(p. 128)
• Early Hellenic Age(p. 130)
• Delos(p. 131)
• Priene(p. 132)
• Temple of Apollo at Didyma(p. 133)
• Pergamon(p. 134)
• Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos(p. 135)
• Ptolemies(p. 136)
• Temple of Horus(p. 137)
• Advent of Buddhism(p. 138)
• Asokan Pillars(p. 139)
• China: The Warring States Period(p. 140)
• Xianyang Palace(p. 141)
• Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi(p. 142)
• Late Olmec Centers(p. 143)
• Kaminaljuyu(p. 144)
• 0(p. 145)
• Republican Rome(p. 148)
• Pompeii(p. 149)
• Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste(p. 150)
• Roman Urban Villa(p. 151)
• Republican Tombs(p. 152)
• Tholoi Tombs(p. 153)
• Augustan Rome(p. 154)
• Forum of Augustus(p. 155)
• Corinthian Capitols(p. 156)
• Post-Augustan Rome(p. 157)
• Northern Palace at Masada(p. 158)
• Domus Aurea(p. 158)
• Palace of Domitian(p. 159)
• Colosseum(p. 161)
• Imperial Rome(p. 162)
• Rock-Cut Tombs(p. 164)
• Petra(p. 165)
• Development of Mahayana Buddhism(p. 167)
• Sanchi Complex(p. 169)
• Junnar Caves(p. 171)
• Caitya Hall at Kondivte(p. 172)
• Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis(p. 173)
• Qin Dynasty China(p. 174)
• Mingtang-Biyong Ritual Complex(p. 175)
• Zhao Gong(p. 176)
• Great Wall of China(p. 177)
• Tomb of the First Emperor(p. 178)
• Shaft Tombs of Teuchitlan(p. 180)
• Nakbe(p. 183)
• El Mirador(p. 184)
• 200 CE(p. 185)
• Roman Empire(p. 188)
• Pantheon(p. 192)
• Hadrian's Villa(p. 195)
• Roman Vertical Surface(p. 197)
• Roman Bath(p. 199)
• Diocletian's Palace(p. 201)
• Baalbek(p. 203)
• Ctesiphon(p. 204)
• Zoroastrian Fire Temples(p. 206)
• Buddhism of the Satavahanas(p. 209)
• Caitya Hall at Karli(p. 210)
• Kushan(p. 211)
• Takht-i-Bahi(p. 212)
• Han China(p. 213)
• Han Tombs(p. 214)
• Moche and Nazca Civilizations(p. 215)
• Nazca Lines(p. 217)
• Teotihuacan(p. 218)
• Temple of the Feathered Serpent(p. 221)
• Ohio's Hopewell Mounds(p. 222)
• 400 CE(p. 223)
• Hindu Renaissance(p. 226)
• Gupta Period Temples(p. 227)
• Ajanta Caves(p. 228)
• Mahabodhi Temple(p. 231)
• Kushans of Bamiyan(p. 232)
• Establishment of Chinese Buddhism(p. 233)
• Mogao Caves(p. 234)
• Yungang Caves(p. 236)
• Emergence of Christianity(p. 237)
• St. John Lateran(p. 239)
• Martyria(p. 240)
• St. Peter's in Rome(p. 241)
• First Baptisteries(p. 242)
• Post-Constantinian Age(p. 243)
• Alahan Monastery(p. 245)
• Tomb of King Theodoric(p. 247)
• Zapotecs of Oaxaca(p. 248)
• Monte Alban(p. 249)
• Kofun Period: Japan(p. 252)
• 600 CE(p. 253)
• Maya of the Yucatan(p. 256)
• Tikal(p. 256)
• Tiwanaku(p. 259)
• Age of Justinian(p. 260)
• SS. Sergius and Bacchus(p. 261)
• St. Vitale, Ravenna(p. 263)
• Hagia Sophia(p. 264)
• Byzantine Capitals(p. 267)
• Armenian Architecture(p. 268)
• Church of the Vigilant Powers(p. 269)
• St. Hripsime(p. 270)
• Rise of the Temple Kingdoms(p. 271)
• Shiva Temple at Elephanta(p. 272)
• Durga Temple and the Five Rathas(p. 273)
• Shore Temple at Mamallapuram(p. 274)
• Songyue Temple Ta (Pagoda)(p. 275)
• Sui and T'ang Dynasties(p. 276)
• Daming Palace(p. 276)
• Nara Period: Japan(p. 278)
• Ise Jingu(p. 278)
• Buddhism's Arrival in Japan(p. 281)
• Horyu-ji(p. 282)
• 800 CE(p. 283)
• Chang'an, the T'ang Capitol(p. 286)
• Nanchan and Foguang Monasteries(p. 288)
• Korean Buddhism(p. 290)
• South Asian Hindu-Buddhism(p. 291)
• Kailasnath at Ellora(p. 292)
• Step Well at Abaneri(p. 294)
• Mahavihara at Nalanda(p. 295)
• Somapura Vihara(p. 296)
• Indonesia at a Crossroads(p. 297)
• Candi Prambanam(p. 299)
• Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia(p. 300)
• Phnom Bakheng(p. 301)
• Construction in Southeast Asia(p. 302)
• Rise of Islam(p. 303)
• Dome of the Rock(p. 304)
• Umayyad Mosque(p. 305)
• Baghdad(p. 306)
• Great Mosque of Samarra(p. 307)
• Great Mosque of Cordoba(p. 308)
• St. Maria de Naranco(p. 310)
• Carolingian Empire(p. 311)
• Plan of St. Gall(p. 313)
• Royal Palace at Aachen(p. 314)
• Byzantine Empire(p. 315)
• Theotokos Tou Libos(p. 316)
• Germigny-des-Pres(p. 317)
• Pueblo Bonito(p. 318)
• Maya City-States(p. 320)
• Copan(p. 321)
• Quirigua(p. 322)
• 1000 CE(p. 323)
• Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms(p. 326)
• Solankis(p. 327)
• Sun Temple at Modhera(p. 328)
• Tantrism(p. 329)
• Chandellas(p. 330)
• Khandariya Mahadeva Temple(p. 331)
• Vastu-Shastras(p. 332)
• Lingaraja Temple(p. 334)
• Jains(p. 335)
• Jain Temples at Mt. Abu(p. 336)
• Cholamandalam(p. 337)
• Vijayalaya Cholisvaram Temple(p. 338)
• Song Dynasty China(p. 340)
• Mu-Ta(p. 341)
• Liao Dynasty(p. 342)
• Pure Land Buddhism(p. 344)
• Seljuk Turks(p. 345)
• Sultan Han(p. 346)
• Great Mosque of Isfahan(p. 347)
• First Madrasas(p. 349)
• Mosque at Qayrawan(p. 350)
• Muqarnas(p. 351)
• Fatimids(p. 352)
• Almoravid Dynasty(p. 353)
• Byzantine Revival(p. 354)
• Ottonian Germany(p. 356)
• Speyer Cathedral(p. 358)
• Normans(p. 359)
• Canterbury Cathedral(p. 360)
• Durham Cathedral(p. 361)
• Cefalu Cathedral(p. 362)
• Dover Castle(p. 363)
• Pilgrimage Churches(p. 364)
• Italian City-States(p. 366)
• Cathedral of Pisa(p. 367)
• Baptistery of Parma(p. 368)
• Medieval Scandinavia(p. 369)
• Kievan Russia(p. 370)
• Cappadocia(p. 371)
• Mayan Uxmal(p. 372)
• Cahokia(p. 374)
• 1200 CE(p. 375)
• Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat)(p. 378)
• Lokesvara Temple (Preah Khan)(p. 381)
• Kingdom of Pagan(p. 382)
• Kamakura Japan(p. 384)
• Itsukushima Shrine(p. 385)
• Southern Song Dynasty(p. 386)
• Yingzhao Fashi(p. 387)
• Yuan Dynasty(p. 388)
• Delhi Sultanate(p. 390)
• Quwwat-ul-Islam(p. 390)
• Tomb of Ghias-ud-Din Tughlaq(p. 391)
• Sun Temple at Konarak(p. 392)
• Hoysalas(p. 393)
• Vadakkunnathan Temple(p. 394)
• African Kingdoms(p. 395)
• Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela(p. 396)
• Europe: The High Middle Ages(p. 397)
• Chartres Cathedral(p. 398)
• Amiens Cathedral(p. 399)
• Notre-Dame of Reims(p. 400)
• Cistercian Monasteries(p. 401)
• Castel del Monte(p. 402)
• Mendicant Orders(p. 404)
• Exeter Cathedral(p. 405)
• Italian Town Halls(p. 406)
• Siena(p. 407)
• Republic of Novgorod(p. 408)
• Nasrid Sultanate(p. 409)
• Toltec Empire(p. 412)
• Tula(p. 412)
• Chichen Itza(p. 413)
• 1400 CE(p. 415)
• Tenochtitlan(p. 418)
• Chimu: Chan Chan(p. 420)
• Incas(p. 421)
• Machu Picchu(p. 422)
• Nomadic Invaders(p. 424)
• Ming Dynasty China(p. 425)
• Mount Wudang(p. 425)
• Forbidden City(p. 426)
• Temple of Heaven(p. 428)
• Joseon Dynasty(p. 429)
• Muromachi Japan(p. 430)
• Kinkakuji(p. 430)
• Ginkakuji(p. 431)
• Timurid Dynasty(p. 432)
• Deccan Sultanates(p. 434)
• Mandu(p. 435)
• Pandua(p. 435)
• Jami Masjid of Ahmedabad(p. 436)
• Ottoman Empire(p. 437)
• Beyazit Medical Complex(p. 438)
• Topkapi Palace(p. 439)
• Mamluk Sultanate(p. 441)
• Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Qaitbay(p. 442)
• Republic of Venice(p. 443)
• Cathedral of Florence(p. 444)
• Florentine Loggias(p. 446)
• Medici Palace(p. 447)
• Italian Renaissance(p. 448)
• St. Lorenzo(p. 449)
• Santo Spirito(p. 450)
• Rucellai Palace(p. 451)
• Pienza(p. 452)
• St. Andrea at Mantua(p. 454)
• Villa Medici(p. 455)
• Miracle Churches(p. 456)
• St. Maria della Consolazione(p. 457)
• St. Peter's Basilica(p. 458)
• Vatican Belvedere(p. 459)
• Piazza San Marco(p. 460)
• French Chateaus(p. 461)
• Liebfrauenmunster at Ingolstadt(p. 462)
• 1600 CE(p. 463)
• Tokugawa Shogunate(p. 466)
• Nijo-jo(p. 467)
• Nikko Toshogu(p. 469)
• Ryoanji Temple(p. 470)
• Voyages of Zheng He(p. 471)
• Moghuls(p. 472)
• Humanyun's Tomb(p. 472)
• Fatehpur Sikri(p. 473)
• Diwan-i-Khas(p. 475)
• Vijayanagar(p. 476)
• Bijapur(p. 477)
• Ibrahim Rauza(p. 478)
• Sheikh Safi Tomb-Mosque(p. 479)
• Shabanids of Bukhara(p. 480)
• Spanish Conquest of America(p. 481)
• Atrio(p. 482)
• Escorial(p. 484)
• Italian High Renaissance(p. 485)
• Campidoglio(p. 486)
• II Gesu(p. 487)
• Villa Farnese(p. 488)
• II Redentore(p. 490)
• Palladian Villas(p. 491)
• Villa Rotonda(p. 492)
• Uffizi(p. 493)
• Amsterdam(p. 494)
• Amsterdam Town Hall(p. 495)
• Place Royale(p. 496)
• Elizabethan England(p. 497)
• Hardwick Hall(p. 498)
• Banqueting House(p. 499)
• Kremlin's New Churches(p. 500)
• Church of the Ascension(p. 501)
• Baroque Italy(p. 502)
• St. Andrea al Quirinale(p. 504)
• St. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane(p. 505)
• St. Ivo alia Sapienza(p. 506)
• San Filippo Neri(p. 507)
• Church of the Visitation(p. 508)
• Dogon of Mali(p. 509)
• Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc(p. 511)
• Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa)(p. 513)
• Ming Tombs(p. 517)
• Potala Palace(p. 521)
• Rauza-I-Munavvara (Taj Mahal)(p. 524)
• Isfahan(p. 527)
• Suleymaniye Complex(p. 529)
• St. Peter's Basilica(p. 531)
• 1700 CE(p. 535)
• Colonialism(p. 538)
• Colonial Forts(p. 540)
• Haciendas(p. 541)
• Brazilian Haciendas(p. 542)
• Coffee Houses(p. 543)
• French Culture of Empire(p. 544)
• Hotel de Sully(p. 546)
• Place Vendome(p. 547)
• East Facade of the Louvre(p. 548)
• Chateau de Versailles(p. 549)
• L'Observatoire-de-Paris(p. 551)
• Hotel des Invalides(p. 552)
• Basilica of the Invalides(p. 553)
• England: House of Stuart(p. 554)
• Charnock's Tomb(p. 555)
• St. Paul's Cathedral(p. 556)
• Blenheim Palace(p. 557)
• St. Mary Woolnoth(p. 558)
• Spread of the Baroque(p. 559)
• Valletta(p. 560)
• Rococo and the Zwinger(p. 561)
• Facade of Santiago de Compostela(p. 562)
• Bavarian Baroque(p. 563)
• Neresheim(p. 564)
• Sans Souci(p. 565)
• Georgian Architecture(p. 566)
• Chiswick House(p. 567)
• King's Chapel(p. 568)
• Stowe Gardens(p. 569)
• Temple of British Worthies(p. 570)
• Qing Dynasty(p. 571)
• Yuanmingyuan Gardens(p. 572)
• Qingyi Garden(p. 573)
• Edo, Kyoto's Odoi, and Shimabara(p. 574)
• Korea: Choson Dynasty(p. 576)
• Nayaks of Madurai(p. 577)
• Mallas of Nepal(p. 579)
• End of the Moghuls(p. 580)
• Jaipur(p. 580)
• Hawa Mahall(p. 581)
• Darbar Sahib(p. 582)
• 1800 CE(p. 583)
• Qianlong Emperor(p. 586)
• Chengde(p. 587)
• Pulesi(p. 588)
• Putuo Zongcheng(p. 588)
• Neoclassicism(p. 589)
• Syon House(p. 590)
• Piranesi and Romanticism(p. 591)
• Strawberry Hill(p. 592)
• Marc-Antoine Laugier(p. 593)
• St. Genevieve(p. 594)
• Petit Trianon(p. 595)
• Salt Works of Chaux(p. 596)
• Bibliotheque Nationale(p. 597)
• Neoclassicism in the United States(p. 598)
• Napoleonic Cemeteries(p. 599)
• Bank of England(p. 600)
• Calcutta and the Writers' Building(p. 601)
• St. John's Church(p. 602)
• Government House(p. 603)
• Royal Pavilion(p. 604)
• Panoptic Prisons(p. 605)
• Japan: Edo Period(p. 606)
• Kanamaru-za(p. 607)
• Romantic Nationalism(p. 608)
• Altes Museum(p. 609)
• St. Petersburg(p. 611)
• Washington, D.C.(p. 611)
• Shakers(p. 613)
• August Welby Pugin(p. 614)
• Westminster(p. 615)
• Jean Nicolas Louis Durand(p. 616)
• Greek Revival(p. 617)
• Tennessee State Capitol(p. 618)
• Synagogues(p. 619)
• Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc(p. 621)
• Bibliotheque St. Genevieve(p. 623)
• John Ruskin(p. 624)
• Wat Pra Kaew(p. 625)
• 1900 CE(p. 627)
• Metropolitan Board of Works(p. 630)
• Railroad Stations(p. 631)
• World Fairs(p. 632)
• The Passage(p. 633)
• Central Park(p. 634)
• National Museums(p. 635)
• London Law Courts(p. 636)
• Colonial Bombay(p. 637)
• Ecole des Beaux-Arts(p. 638)
• Paris Opera House(p. 639)
• Domestic Victorian Architecture(p. 640)
• Queen Anne Style(p. 641)
• Henry Hobson Richardson(p. 642)
• Arts-and-Crafts Movement(p. 644)
• Morris and Lethaby(p. 645)
• Indo-Saracenic Style(p. 646)
• Dutch Kampung(p. 648)
• Al-Rifa'i Mosque(p. 649)
• Arts and Crafts in California(p. 650)
• Shingle Style(p. 651)
• City Beautiful Movement(p. 652)
• Rise of Professionalism(p. 653)
• Skyscrapers(p. 654)
• Wrigley Building(p. 655)
• Campuses in the United States(p. 656)
• Art Nouveau(p. 657)
• Maison Tassel(p. 658)
• Casa Batllo(p. 659)
• Frank Lloyd Wright(p. 660)
• Taliesin(p. 661)
• Walter Burley Griffin(p. 662)
• International Beaux-Arts(p. 663)
• Kyoto National Museum(p. 664)
• Colonial Africa(p. 665)
• Deutsche Werkbund(p. 666)
• Adolf Loos(p. 667)
• Concrete(p. 668)
• Garnisonskirche(p. 670)
• Czech Cubists(p. 671)
• Expressionism(p. 672)
• New Delhi(p. 674)
• Gunnar Asplund(p. 675)
• Hollyhock House(p. 676)
• De Stijl Movement(p. 677)
• Friedrichstrasse Office Tower(p. 678)
• Russian Constructivism(p. 679)
• Tatlin's Tower(p. 680)
• Soviet Pavilion(p. 681)
• Bauhaus(p. 682)
• Vers une Architecture(p. 684)
• Villa Savoye(p. 685)
• Pavilion Suisse(p. 686)
• 1950 CE(p. 687)
• Modernism(p. 690)
• Weissenhof Siedlung(p. 692)
• Lovell House(p. 694)
• CIAM(p. 695)
• Barcelona Pavilion(p. 696)
• Ankara(p. 698)
• Rockefeller Center(p. 699)
• Buckminster Fuller(p. 700)
• Palace of the Soviets(p. 702)
• Czechoslovakia(p. 704)
• Japanese Pavilion(p. 705)
• Brazilian Modernism(p. 706)
• Villa Mairea(p. 708)
• Usonian Houses(p. 709)
• Fallingwater(p. 710)
• Kleinhans Music Hall(p. 711)
• Lebanese Modernism(p. 712)
• Israeli Modernism(p. 713)
• Nazis(p. 714)
• Italian Fascist Architecture(p. 715)
• Casa del Fascio(p. 716)
• IIT Library Building(p. 717)
• Farnsworth House(p. 718)
• Eames House(p. 719)
• Guggenheim Museum(p. 720)
• Chapel at Ronchamp(p. 721)
• Saynatsalo Town Hall(p. 722)
• Yale University Art Gallery(p. 723)
• Brasilia(p. 724)
• Chandigarh(p. 726)
• Secretariat and High Court(p. 727)
• Assembly Building(p. 728)
• Ahmedabad(p. 729)
• Eero Saarinen(p. 730)
• Sydney Opera House(p. 731)
• Uruguayan Modernism(p. 732)
• Caribbean Modernism(p. 733)
• Ekistics(p. 734)
• Mao Tse-tung's China(p. 735)
• National School of Art, Havana(p. 736)
• Salk Institute(p. 737)
• Metabolism(p. 738)
• University of Ibadan(p. 739)
• SOM(p. 740)
• Archigram(p. 741)
• Brutalism(p. 742)
• Doshi and Correa(p. 744)
• Postmodernism(p. 746)
• Postmodern Museum(p. 749)
• Postmodern Nonwestern World(p. 750)
• Globalization Takes Command(p. 753)
• Glossary(p. 759)
• Bibliography(p. 769)
• Photo Credits(p. 778)
• Index(p. 781)

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Library Journal Review

A decade after the 100th anniversary of Banister Fletcher's venerable and indispensable A History of Architecture (20th ed.) comes this fresh, one-volume historical encyclopedia of world architecture. Ching (architecture, Univ. of Washington; Architecture: Form, Space, and Order), Mark M. Jarzombek (architecture & art, MIT), and Vikramaditya Prakash (architecture, Univ. of Washington) recast the story of the last 5000 years of building into a simple but brilliantly workable chronological schema of "timecuts," flexible time spans growing shorter and denser as we reach the present. These timecuts succeed in facilitating cross-cultural analysis and minimizing Eurocentric bias. Best of all, they prevent yet another rehash of architectural history as a monotonous procession of endless and unconnected styles, periods, and places. Thus, the Forbidden City, Topkapi Palace, and Villa Medici are viewed as phenomena interdependent upon international trade routes and as outgrowths of an emergent "global urbanism." Fifteenhundred elegant and superbly legible hand drawings by Ching, along with 1000 photographs and maps, illustrate a lucid and engaging text. Something of a hybrid, this is as much a solid reference resource as a revisionist textbook. Essential for most collections. David Solt?sz, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Parma, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Unabashedly huge in its proportions, this book differs from the standard architecture survey in that it doesn't approach the topic from a Western perspective, but rather, as the title indicates, through a global lens. This bodes well for its success as a textbook, but will also please the casual reader. Chronologically organized, the work spans the globe within each time period, occasionally taking time to discuss certain styles and major historical periods, but devoting most of its space to specific architectural works. This chronological organization keeps the book from feeling divided geographically, and maintains a diverse view without manic overextension-a look at the palace at New Delhi is followed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, which is followed by the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles. Throughout, the authors make connections that have rarely been explored ("An important influence on European architecture in the west came from the direction of Armenia"). The book disseminates textbook amounts of need-to-know information, but it does so clearly-more like a down-to-earth conversation than a grad-school dissertation. A practicing architect and two academics, respectively, Ching, Jarzombek and Prakash aren't afraid to get into the meaning and emotion behind the architecture, addressing its passionate, intangible aspects, as in their discussion of irony's place in postmodern design. That personal and phenomenological angle, along with the book's giant scope, makes it a strong addition to the field, an example of successfully going macro without getting muddled. 1000 b & w photos, 50 color photos, 1500 b & w illustrations. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

CHOICE Review

This new edition by Ching (emer., Univ. of Washington), Jarzombek (MIT), and Prakash (Univ. of Washington) represents a significant improvement over the first (CH, Mar'07, 44-3707) because of new color photographs throughout, upgraded maps, and diagrams. It offers a comprehensive look at the history of architecture across the entire globe, beginning with early settlements in China from the 3500 BCE period and ending with works by I. M. Pei and Frank Gehry at the 20th century's end. It differs from other architectural survey books in that its chapters are organized not by period or country but according to 18 chronological time-cuts, each encompassing a period of 200 to 400 years and crossing over multiple styles and geographical locations. Even as it features most of the major monuments included in other architectural surveys, this volume has countless more, especially from the non-Western world. The text provides a thorough and detailed analysis of the patronage, historical context, and architecture of each building. Although the photographs have been revamped, the hundreds of informative plan, elevation, section, and perspective drawings by Ching are still featured. This amazing display of drawing ability and Ching's knowledge of architecture worldwide will not disappoint readers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. J. W. Stamper University of Notre Dame

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Francis D.K. Ching graduated cum laude with a five-year professional degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1966. His accomplishments included instructing at Ohio University and Cornish College of the Arts, teaching as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and lecturing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was a visiting scholar at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has been a professor of architecture at the University of Washington since 1992.

Ching's published works including Architecture: Form, Space, & Order, A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, and Interior Design Illustrated, focus on clarifying and communicating architectural element, principles, and relationships. Ching earned a Citation for Excellence in International Book Publishing in 1992, and two years later he was honored with the Graham Foundation Grant to develop a two-volume reader for Design Drawing.

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