This classic work, now in its fifth edition, covers every aspect of architecture and landscape architecture. Ranging from ancient times to contemporary trends, it also adopts a truly international perspective, with entries on countries as diverse as Russia, Brazil, and Tibet.

• Provides biographies of architects and landscape architects, ancient and modern
• Surveys architecture and landscape architecture by country
• Discusses the history of urban design, including parks and motorways
• Defines styles and movements, building types and materials
• Covers structural and technical innovations and new terminology
• Includes clear and detailed drawings

'Immensely useful, succinct and judicious... rich in accurate fact and accumulated wisdom' -The Times Literary Supplement

'A magnificent panorama of world architecture, scholarly conciseness at its best' -Arts Review