{"product_id":"architecture-in-context-christopher-tadgell-9781138086234","title":"Architecture in Context: Boxset","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchitecture in Context\u003c\/em\u003e is a series of seven books describing and illustrating all the seminal traditions of architecture from the earliest settlements in the Euphrates and Jordan valleys to the stylistically and technologically sophisticated buildings of the second half of the twentieth century. It brings together the fruits of the author's lifetime of teaching and travelling the world, seeing and photographing buildings in an extraordinary synthesis. Each stand-alone volume sets the buildings described and illustrated within their political, technological, social and cultural contexts, exploring architecture not only as the development of form but as an expression of the civilization within which it evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe series focuses on the story of the Classical tradition from its origins in Mesopotamia and Egypt, through its realization in ancient Greece and Rome, to the Renaissance, Neo-Classicism, Eclecticism and Modernism. This thread is supplemented with detailed excursions to cover the development of architecture in Central America, India, South-East Asia, and the Islamic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor students of architecture and art history, for travellers, and for readers who want to understand the genesis of the buildings they see around them, each volume provides a complete, readable and superbly illustrated reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Tadgell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138086231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138086234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 6228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Boxed Set","brand":"Christopher Tadgell","offers":[{"title":"Boxed Set","offer_id":48447831179519,"sku":"9781138086234","price":559.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29e58e7b-570f-4175-94e4-3af182102b4c.jpg?v=1777235109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architecture-in-context-christopher-tadgell-9781138086234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}