Western Architecture

Western Architecture: A Concise History

R. Furneaux Jordan. 432 illustrations

'Architecture', in the words of the late Professor Furneaux Jordan, 'is the product of a hundred circumstances the architect can never withdraw to an ivory tower. It is this view of architecture as a discipline uniquely involved in history, the product of religion and politics, art and technology, geology and climate, and countless other factors, that makes this wide-ranging survey acclaimed in the profession as 'a tour de force of sustained liveliness' particularly stimulating. "To write a general history of western architecture is a superhuman achievement When the result is as intelligently written and as beautifully produced as Furneaux Jordan's book, awe mingles with admiration' (RIBA Journal)