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Updatedwithexpandedcoverageoftwenty-firstcenturyarchitecture,thisneweditionuniquelycomprisesadetailedsurveyofWesternarchitectureaswellasarchitecturefromtheMiddleEast,Africa,CentralandSouthAmerica,India,Russia,ChinaandJapan.Significantrevisionalsoincludesphotographsandtextualdiscussionofaround50newbuildings.Writteninaclearandengagingstyle,thetextencouragesreaderstoexaminethepragmatic,innovativeandaestheticattributesofbuildings.Artistic,economic,environmental,political,socialandtechnologicalcontextsarediscussed.Theglobalreachofthetextismatchedbyarichassortmentofphotographsfromaroundtheworldandagreaterarrayofdetailedlinedrawingsthaninanyarchitecturalsurvey.Theauthorshavecreatedaformidablebodyofworkthatrangesovermuchoftheworldsarchitecturalheritageandtestifiestosomeofthegreatestachievementsofthehumanspirit.
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MichaelFazioisEmeritusProfessorofArchitectureatMississippiStateUniversity.HismostrecentbookistitledTheDomesticArchitectureofBenjaminHenryLatrobe2006.
MarianMoffetttaughtarchitecturalhistoryattheUniversityofTennesseeandwasco-authorofAHistoryofWesternArchitecture1989withLawrenceWodehouse.LawrenceWodehouse,alsodeceased,taughtarchitecturalhistoryattheUniversityofDundeeandvariousAmericanuniversities.HismanybooksincludedBritishArchitects1840to19761978andWhiteofMcKim,Mead,andWhite1988.
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