This classic work, now in its fifth edition, covers every aspect of architecture and landscape architecture. Ranging from ancient times to contemporary trends, it also adopts a truly international perspective, with entries on countries as diverse as Russia, Brazil and Tibet.
- Provides biographies of architects and landscape architects, ancient
and modern
- Surveys architecture and landscape architecture by country
- Discusses the history of urban design, including parks and motorways
- Defines styles and movements, building types and materials
- Covers structural and technical innovations and new terminology
- Includes clear and detailed drawings

'Immensely useful, succinct and judicious ... rich in accurate fact and accumulated wisdom'
The Times Literary Supplement
'A magnificent panorama of world architecture, scholarly conciseness at its best' Arts Review