1st Edition
The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History Architecture’s Archetypes
Introduction. Basic Elements of Architecture. Megalithic Architecture. 1. Standing Stone 2. Stone Circle 3. Dolmen 4. Hypostyle 5. Temple 6. Theatre 7. Courtyard 8. Labyrinth 9. The Vernacular 10. Ruin Endword. Bibliography. Index
Biography
Simon Unwin has helped students learn to think as architects for over three decades. He is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee, Scotland, and teaches at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, Wales. He has lived in the UK and Australia, and taught or lectured on his work in China, Israel, India, Sweden, Turkey and the United States as well as at other schools in the UK and Europe. Simon Unwin’s books are used in schools of architecture around the world, and have been translated into Arabic, Farsi, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish and Korean.
