An innovative examination of how material practices and constructed environments have shaped cultures.

A clearly distilled architectural atlas based on 144 major designs from ancient times to the twenty-first century, showcasing the cultural dimension of building

One of the nation’s chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that

This polemic is essential reading for anyone converned with the state and direction of architecture and urban planning today and will provake wide-ranging discu