A history of building types - Hardcover

Pevsner, Nikolaus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500340668 ISBN 13: 9780500340660

Publisher: Thames and Hudson, 1976

Synopsis

This first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. He describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the least, from the most ideal to the most utilitarian. More than seven hundred illustrations illuminate the text.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of he architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society.

About the Author

The late Sir Nikolaus Pevsner was Professor of Art History at Birkbeck College, University of London for many years. Through his teaching and his many publications--including Pioneers of Modern Art, An Outline of European Architecture, and the Penguin county guides to The Buildings of England--he has greatly influenced the study and enjoyment of architecture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500340668
• ISBN 13: 9780500340660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352