World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, 2nd Edition

Richard Ingersoll's World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive and contemporary survey in the field. Each chapter within the text's chronological organization focuses on three unique architectural cultures, giving instructors the flexibility to choose which traditions are the most relevant to their courses. The text also provides students with numerous pedagogical tools, including timelines, comparative maps, a glossary, and text boxes devoted to social factors and specific issues in technology and philosophy. The result is a compendious method for understanding and appreciating the history, cultural significance, beauty, and diversity of architecture from around the world.World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History 2nd Edition is written by Richard Ingersoll and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History are 9780190646479, 0190646470 and the print ISBNs are 9780190646455, 0190646454. Additional ISBNs include 9780195139570.