English Architecture

Thiscomprehensive,well-illustratedsurveyofEnglisharchitectureprovidesanevenhanded,straightforwardhistoryfromAnglo-Saxontimestotheendofthetwentiethcentury.Concentratingonbuildingsthatcanstillbeseentoday,DavidWatkindiscussesallthestylesandperiodsofEnglisharchitecture,includingNorman,earlyGothic,Perpendicular,TudorandJacobean,Baroque,Classical,andVictorian.TheemphasisisonthehighpointsofEnglishcreativegeniusasexpressedintheartofarchitecturebyEdwinLutyens,InigoJones,ChristopherWren,JohnSoane,JamesStirling,RichardRogers,andahostofothers.Thisupdatededitionincludesanewpreface,arevisedbibliography,andanexpandedchapterontwentieth-centuryarchitecturethatbringsthestoryuptothepresent.