Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modernism : The Western Tradition - Hardcover

Trachtenberg, Marvin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130447021 ISBN 13: 9780130447029

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1986

Synopsis

Traces the development of architecture from Stonehenge to the new AT&T Building in New York and looks at important movements, architects, and buildings

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Review:

For everyone interested in looking beyond the façades of architectural landmarks to learn about the forces that shaped them, Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity has been a definitive resource since its publication in 1986. Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman, professors at New York University, weave complex information into an engrossing narrative. While the authors' focus is on the Western tradition, shared ancient roots inspired a chapter on aspects of Islamic architecture. In the second edition, Trachtenberg's well-supported opinions add a lively sense of engagement to a new chapter surveying major trends of the 1980s and 1990s (work by Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, Daniel Liebeskind, and others). Among the special delights of the book are its excursions into fascinating architectural byways, such as the history of castles, why the mendicant monks wanted simpler churches, and the superiority of the truss to the girder. More than 1,000 illustrations, including 91color plates, provide ample visual reference. --Cathy Curtis

From the Publisher:

Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams Inc. A comprehensive survey of architecture in the Western world -- from its Stone Age beginnings to the present.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0130447021
• ISBN 13: 9780130447029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 606