A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energy The story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power structures. And to an extent that hasn't been explored until now, architecture has been shaped in every era by our access to energy, from fire to farming to fossil fuels. In this ground-breaking history of world architecture, Barnabas Calder takes us on a dazzling tour of some of the most astonishing buildings of the past fifteen thousand years, from Uruk, via Ancient Rome and Victorian Liverpool, to China's booming megacities. He reveals how every building - from the Parthenon to the Great Mosque of Damascus to a typical Georgian house - was influenced by the energy available to its architects, and why this matters.
The Queens Stepwell At Patan
Kirit Mankodi
Project For Indian Cultural Studies Publication
The Architecture Book
Dk/Penguin Random House
Dk/Penguin Random House Group
Design The Definitive Visual History
Judith Miller
Penguin Random House Group
Buildings That Changed History
Dk
Making Sense Of Buddhist Art And Architecture
Karetzky Patricia Eichenbaum
Thames & Hudson
The Calcutta City Of Palaces
J.P Losty
The British Library
Phaidon Atlas Of 21st Century World Architecture
Various Authors
Phaidon Press
Concrete Case Studies In Conservation Practice
Catherine Croft ,Susan Macdonald
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Nepal A Guide To The Art And Architecture Of The Kathmandu Valley
Michael J. Hutt
Paul Strachan Kiscadale
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