The Stone Age -- Megalithic construction -- Mesopotamia -- Babylon -- Ancient Egypt -- Mycenaean civilization -- Classical Greece -- The Hellenistic Age -- Hindu temples -- Ancient Rome -- The Roman Empire -- Byzantine churches -- Romanesque -- Islam -- China -- Japanese architecture -- Russian architecture -- Monasteries -- Native people of North America -- Early Gothic -- High Gothic -- The early Renaissance -- The high Renaissance -- Andrea Palladio -- Pre-Colombian America -- Baroque style -- Sir Christopher Wren -- Rococo -- Romanticism and Picturesque -- Neoclassicism -- Neoclassicism in Russia -- Benjamin Henry Latrobe -- Henry Hobson Richardson -- Arts and Crafts -- Art Nouveau -- Beaux Arts -- Gothic revival -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Louis Henry Sullivan -- Skyscrapers -- Art Deco -- The Bauhaus -- Toward a new architecture -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Deconstruction -- Frank Gehry -- Aldo Rossi -- Bridges -- Mid-century modern -- Norman Foster -- Green architecture.
Summary:
Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of architecture into tedious discourse that would put even Frank Gehry to sleep. Architecture 101 cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you explore the world's greatest structures.
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