Glancey Jonathan. Architecture

Dorling Kindersley, 2006. — 514 p.Architecture is an enormous subject, plumbing the depths of ancient history while embracing the world. How could we ever have thought of squeezing its sky-piercing towers, mighty domes, and flying buttresses into a book designed to fit neatly into handbag, briefcase, or backpack? Well, we did, and we have done what we hope is our best to please as many readers as possible. Of course, there will be those of you who will ask why we have left out the temple of X or the cathedral of Y. There are very many thousands of buildings worth celebrating in a guide to world architecture, but even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written if they were all to have their rightful place.