The Story of Western Architecture

Bill Risebero is an architect and town planner who since 1988 has taught architecture, design and urban regeneration at a number of British and American universities. He has also written two other books on architecture: Modern Architecture and Design, and Fantastic Form.

Introduction and Acknowledgements 1. The Urban Revolution: Prehistory to the 3rd century BC 2. The Coming of the Christian Era: 2nd century BC to 5th century AD 3. Feudal Europe: 6th to 10th centuries 4. Rebuilding the Faith: 11th and 12th centuries 5. The City Reborn: 12th and 13th centuries 6. Capitalist Renaissance: 14th and 15th centuries 7. Enlightenment: 16th and 17th centuries 8. The Dual Revolution: 18th century 9. The Age of Iron: Early 19th century 10. Victorian Values: 1850 to 1914 11. The Heroic Age of Modernism: 1914 to 1945 12. Welfare Capitalism: 1945 to 1973 13. After Modernism: 1973 to now Select Bibliography Index