Architectural survey that looks at the history of building types. Organized by categories such as museums, hospitals, prisons, etc. "Here is the first survey of building types ever to be written, a guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. ... [details]
A survey history of European architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner. Includes bibliography, glossary of technical terms, notes on the previous editions, and an index. Printed in black-and-white. [details]
Critical text on leaders in architecture since the Victorian era by Nikolaus Pevsner. "To understand today's architecture and design one must know something of their background and development. The history of the modern movement in architecture and design was almost an unknown field until Nikolaus Pevsner first published his Pioneers which has since been universally recognized as the standard work on the subject. ... [details]
First volume in a two-volume survey of art, architecture, and design by Nikolaus Pesvner. First volume looks at Mannerism to Modernism. "The publication of two substantial volumes of his essays - representing more than thirty years of research and original thinking - is therefore an event of the first importance, not only for the scholar but for the general public as well. ... [details]
Second volume in a two-volume survey of art, architecture, and design by Nikolaus Pesvner. The second volume examines the Victorian era to the twentieth century. "In this second volume many of [Pevsner's] significant writings on the period, previously unpublished in the United States, are brought together. ... [details]