The Architecture Book, DK
The Architecture Book, DK
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The Architecture Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained

Author: DK

Narrator: Charles Armstrong

Unabridged: 13 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 02/21/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Architecture


Synopsis

Discover the key architectural concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings and structures.

The Architecture Book goes beyond other architecture books to analyze not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures key to the history and evolution of our built environment.

From ancient and classical architecture through Medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance buildings, the explosion of Baroque and Rococo, and the 19th-century "battle of the styles", to the emergence of modernism, postmodernism, and the glittering skyscrapers of the 20th and 21st centuries, the book traces the evolution of construction. This book explains how architects throughout history have pushed boundaries and created innovative buildings. Examples of architectural movements and styles are drawn from all over the world and celebrated buildings from Europe and North and South America feature alongside key examples from China, Japan, and India, and stunning religious structures from mosques to churches, and from stupas to pagodas and temples.

Offering a fresh perspective on our man-made environment, The Architecture Book is the essential guide for everyone who is passionate about buildings and the ideas behind them.

©2022 DK © 2023 DK Audio

About The Author

Jonathan Glancey is an architectural critic and writer. He was the architecture and design editor at The Guardian from 1997 to 2012. His previous titles for DK include The Story of Architecture and Architecture: A Visual History.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mitch on April 10, 2023

This whole series of books are just incredibly well done. It was a heck of a good time going on youtube walkthrough tours of the cool buildings mentioned from throughout early history to current-day. Only frustration is sometimes a paragraph would go on about some work without showing a picture of w......more

Goodreads review by Amy on January 28, 2024

Another outstanding book from DK, this book explores the history of Architecture, its movements and key influencers. This book is arranged chronologically, broken down into Historical periods tied to Architecture, and then examines the Architectural Movements / Types of Architecture within the perio......more

Goodreads review by Marlee on August 04, 2023

I listened to the audiobook of this book. I think it would have been better as a physical book, as it was difficult to picture some of the descriptions without visuals. I did end up getting a copy of the ebook so I could go back and look at the pictures so I could better understand what I’d heard. T......more

Goodreads review by Ana on March 03, 2024

Amazing explanations......more

Goodreads review by Alberto on November 14, 2023

great book for a general but complete introduction to the topic of architecture.......more