New York Living Sept. 2007
This comprehensive introduction to the world's most important architecture is a useful tool for travelers, tourists, critics - and anyone interested in the world around them. A collection of the world's most impressive structures, from antiquity to post-modernity, is presented with a half-page essay about the building's history, details about the architect, and the artistic and political context in which it was planned and constructed. Edited by architectural historian Alan Powers, and Mark Irving, who writes on art and architecture. (Universe)
