Architectural Theory

Architectural Theory. Pioneering Texts on Architecture from the Renaissance to Today

This book brings together all of the most important and influential essays about architecture written since the Renaissance, copiously illustrated and neatly organized chronologically by country. From Alberti and Palladio to Le Corbusier and Koolhaas, the best treatises by architecture’s greatest mastersare gathered here, each accompanied by an essay discussing its historical context and significance.