"The previous edition of this book, published in 2019, was the final one that Michael Fazio worked on before his sad passing in early 2020.

These qualities are brilliantly explored in this book, which uniquely comprises both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, ...

Inside, you'll learn all the basics of:Developing your own honest and unique writing styleEvolving rules of grammar for the short formPrinciples of brevity, including tech-speak/leetspeakAvoiding the too-much-information syndromeMastering ...

This is a work of broad cultural interpretation, integrating industrial and commercial architecture, planned subdivision development, and the housing of the urban poor, while emphasizing the city's many transformations.

In the pages of this latest volume in the celebrated Buildings of the United States series, newly redesigned in a more user-friendly format, readers will come to know the history of close to 600 sites, illustrated by 250 photographs (most ...