Architecture: A History in 100 Buildings

by Dan Cruickshank

"Architecture is an all-embracing adventure without end," declares Dan Cruickshank in the introduction to A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings.

Cruickshank's selection represents key moments in architectural history and it is truly global in scope. It includes many of the world's best-known structures, and many less obvious ones, the unsung heroes of this great and fascinating story. Having visited most of the featured buildings himself, his book is both authoritative and intimate.

From the evocative remains of ancient civilizations to towering New York skyscrapers, Cruickshank's A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings is organized in seven themes, such as:

Pioneers, Buildings of Vision, Follies, Scale: Where Size Matters, Rhetoric and Meaning, andSurvivals and Revivals.Architects, historians, travelers, and inquisitive listeners will enjoy this beautiful, sumptuously audiobook.

1 pages, Audio CD

Published July 14, 2020

About the author

Dan Cruickshank (1949 - ) is a British art historian and BBC television presenter, with a special interest in the history of architecture.

He holds a BA in Art, Design and Architecture and was formerly a Visiting Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Sheffield and a member of the London faculty of the University of Delaware. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group and on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust.

Reviews

[Mike]

* Architecture must be commodius, firm, and beautiful
* Oldest book Epic of Gilgamesh extolled brick making process
* Eastern buildings more spiritual than Western buildings... nothing lasts forever and East is more comfortable with this fact