The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

by John Fleming, Hugh Honour, Nikolaus Pevsner

This is a major revision and expansion of what has long been recognized as a basic reference in its field. Besides updating the existing text, the authors have broadened the book by including many new entries on landscape architecture as well as by significantly increasing their treatment of American architects and architecture. This is a highly readable work, worldwide in scope, covering architecture from ancient times to the present. Major entries on key individuals, styles, movements, materials, and terms range up to several pages in length and include cross references and bibliographies for further reading. This is an essential addition to the reference shelf of every architectural student and buff.

Genres: Architecture, Reference, Nonfiction, Art

656 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Landon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book, worth the read.

[DoctorM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent reference guide--- another fine volume in the Penguin Dictionary series. One can just...dive in and fine excellent definitions and examples as well as fine small biographies and accounts of periods, technologies, and the influence of particular architects and schools. A fine little worktable reference as well as a mini-encyclopaedia worth having.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference book.

[Landon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had to read this for my History of Architecture I class.

[keereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

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