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More About This Title A Global History of Architecture, Third Edition
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A Global History of Architecture provides a comprehensive tour through the ages, spinning the globe to present the landmark architectural movements that characterized each time period. Spanning from 3,500 b.c.e. to the present, this unique guide is written by an architectural all-star team who emphasize connections, contrasts and influences, reminding us that history is not linear and that everything was 'modern architecture' in its day. This new third edition has been updated with new drawings from Professor Ching, including maps with more information and color, expanded discussion on contemporary architecture, and in-depth chapter introductions that set the stage for global views. The all-new online enhanced companion site brings history to life, providing a clearer framework through which to interpret and understand architecture through the ages.
Unique in its non-Eurocentrism, this book provides a fresh survey of architectural history with a truly global perspective, fulfilling the National Architectural Accrediting Board's requirements for 'non-Western' architecture in history education.
- Track the history of architecture through a comparative timeline that spans the globe
- Learn how disparate design styles evolved side-by-side, and which elements migrated where
- Delve into non-Western architecture with expert insight and an historical perspective
- Explore further with an online Interactive Resource Center featuring digital learning tools
Escalating globalization has expanded our perspective of both history and architecture beyond Europe and the U.S. Today's architects are looking far beyond the traditional boundaries, and history shows us that structures' evolution from shelter to art mirrors the hopes and fears of society along the way. A Global History of Architecture takes you inside history itself to witness the the growth and movements that built our world.
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FRANCIS D.K. CHING is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous architecture and design books, including Architectural Graphics; Architecture: Form, Space, and Order; A Visual Dictionary of Architecture; Interior Design Illustrated; and Building Construction Illustrated, all from Wiley.
MARK JARZOMBEK is Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as author of several books.
VIKRAMADITYA PRAKASH is Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington and the author of several books and academic publications.
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Preface xi
3500 bce 1
Ritual Centers 6
Beginnings of China’s Civilizations 8
Niuheliang Ritual Center 8
Mehrgarh and Early Indus Settlements 11
The Village Networks of Mesopotamia
and the Balkans 12
Catal Hüyük 12
Tell es-Sawwan 14
Eridu and Uruk 15
Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt 19
European Developments 21
Newgrange 22
Carnac 24
2500 bce 25
The Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization 30
Mohenjo-Daro 31
Margiana 33
Early Empires of Mesopotamia 34
Ziggurat at Ur 36
Egypt: The Old Kingdom 38
Pyramids at Giza 41
Valley Temple of Khafre 44
Architecture and Food 45
Stonehenge 46
Megalithic Temples of Malta 48
The First Civilizations of South America 50
Caral 51
1500 bce 53
The Minoans and Knossos 60
Egypt: The New Kingdom 64
Waset (Thebes) 64
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut 70
Temple of Luxor 71
Abu Simbel 72
Egyptian Columns 73
Egyptian Design Methods 74
Hittite Empire 75
Hattusas 76
Mycenaean Civilization 77
Treasury of Atreus 79
Poverty Point 80
Shang Dynasty, China 81
Civilization of the High Andes 84
800 bce 87
The Olmecs 90
San Lorenzo and La Venta 92
Chavín de Huántar 94
The Iron Age 96
The Etruscans 97
Etruscan Religion 98
Etruscan Temples 100
Greece: The Geometric Period 101
Emergence of the Greek Temple Form 103
Temple of Poseidon 104
Kingdom of Kush 105
Saba/Sa’abia 106
Temple of Solomon 107
Zhou Dynasty, China 108
The Ritual Complex 109
The Aryan Invasion and Varanasi 111
Neo-Assyrian Empire 113
Babylon 115
400 bce 117
The Achaemenid Empire 120
Pasargadae and Persepolis 121
Greece and the Mediterranean 124
The Greek Temple 124
Athens 129
The Parthenon 131
Erechtheum 134
Ionic Order 136
Telesterion at Eleusis 138
Delphi 139
Temple of Apollo at Delphi 140
The Hellenistic Age 141
Delos 142
Priene 142
Pergamon 144
Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos 145
Temple of Apollo at Didyma 146
Ptolemies 147
Temple of Horus 147
Mauryan Dynasty and Early Buddhism 148
Barabar Hills Caves 149
China: The Warring States Period 150
Xianyang Palace 151
Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi 152
The Founding of Rome 158
Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste 160
The Roman Urban Villa 162
Republican Tombs 163
Bibracte 164
Augustan Rome 166
Forum of Augustus 167
Tholoi Tombs 168
Vitruvius 169
Corinthian Capitals 169
Post-Augustan Rome 170
Palace of Domitian 172
The Colosseum 174
The Imperial Forums 175
Rock-Cut Tombs 177
Petra 178
Northern Palace at Masada 180
Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis 181
Qin Dynasty, China 182
Tomb of the First Emperor 183
Great Wall of China 184
Development of Mahayana Buddhism 185
Sanchi Complex 185
Abhayagiri Vihara 188
Junnar Caves 189
The Maya 191
Shaft Tombs of Teuchitlán 191
Nakbe 194
El Mirador 195
200 ce 197
Roman Empire 202
Ephesus 204
Miletus 205
The Roman Theater 206
The Pantheon 207
Hadrian’s Villa 210
Roman Vertical Surface 212
Roman Baths 214
Diocletian’s Palace 216
Baalbek 218
The Parthian Empire 220
Aksum 220
Amaravati Stupa 222
Caitya Hall at Karli 223
Anuradhapura 224
Han Dynasty China 225
Mingtang-Biyong Ritual Complex 226
Teotihuacán 228
Temple of the Feathered Serpent 230
Moche and Nazca Civilizations 231
Nazca Lines 233
North Amazon Societies 234
Ohio’s Hopewell Mounds 235
400 ce 237
Ajanta Caves 244
Establishment of Chinese and
Central Asian Buddhism 247
Mogao Caves 248
Yungang Caves 249
Kushans of Bamiyan 250
The Sassanian Empire 251
Zoroastrian Fire Temples 252
Hindu Renaissance 254
Mahabodhi Temple 256
Sigiriya 257
The Pyu, Mon, and Funan 258
Emergence of Christianity 259
Martyria 261
St. Peter’s in Rome 261
First Baptisteries 263
Post-Constantinian Age 264
Tomb of Theodoric the Great 265
Kofun Period: Japan 266
Zapotecs of Oaxaca 268
Monte Albán 269
600 ce 271
Age of Justinian 278
Hagia Sophia 280
Byzantine Capitals 283
Armenian Architecture 284
St. Hripsime 285
Zvartnots Cathedral 286
Vishnu Deogarh and Elephanta 286
The Five Rathas 289
Shore Temple at Mamallapuram 290
Southeast Asia 291
My Son 292
Sui and T’ang Dynasties 293
Daxing (Chang’an) 293
Daming Palace 294
Songyue Temple Ta 296
Nara Period: Japan 297
Ise Jingu 297
Horyu-ji 301
800 ce 303
Rise of Islam 312
Umayyad Mosque 313
Baghdad 314
Great Mosque of Samarra 314
Great Mosque of Córdoba 316
Dome of the Rock 318
Mahaviharas at Nalanda 319
Rajasimhesvara and Virupaksha Temples 320
Kailasnath at Ellora 322
Samye, Tibet 324
Indonesia at a Crossroads 325
Borobudur 326
Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia 328
Hariharalaya 329
Mahendraparvata (Mt. Meru) 329
Siem Reap (Ganges River) 329
Indratataka (Sea of Indra) 329
Bakong 330
Korean Buddhism 331
Foguang Monastery 332
Europe and the Carolingians 334
Plan of St. Gall 334
St. Riquier 336
Palatine Chapel 336
Tikal 338
Mayan City-States 341
Copán 342
Tiwanaku 344
Quirigua 346
Guayabo 346
1000 ce 347
Mayan Uxmal 356
Cahokia 358
Serpent Mound 359
Pueblo Bonito 360
Seljuk Turks 362
Sultan Han 363
Great Mosque of Isfahan 364
First Madrasas 366
Muqarnas 367
The Fatimids 368
Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms 370
Rani-ni-Vav at Patan 370
Sun Temple at Modhera 372
Chandellas 374
Khandariya Mahadeva Temple 375
Tantrism 376
Vastu-Shastras 377
Orissa and Lingaraja Temple 378
Jains 380
Jain Temples at Mt. Abu 381
Cholamandalam 382
Dakshinameru (Rajarajeshwara Temple) 382
Polonnaruwa 384
Song Dynasty China 386
Sage Mother Hall 387
The Iron Pagoda 388
Liao Dynasty 388
Mu-ta 388
Dulesi Monastery 389
Pure Land Buddhism 391
Byzantine Revival 392
Kievan Russia 393
Armenia 394
Sanahin Complex 395
Ottonian Germany 396
Speyer Cathedral 398
The Normans 399
Durham Cathedral 399
Canterbury Cathedral 401
Cefalù Cathedral 402
Pilgrimage Churches 403
Tuscany 404
Cathedral of Pisa 405
Baptistery of Parma 406
1200 ce 407
Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat) 416
Angkor Thom and Preah Khan 418
Kingdom of Pagan 420
Sanju-sangen-do 422
Itsukushima Shrine 423
Southern Song Dynasty 424
Yingzhao Fashi 425
Mongol Empire 426
Yuan Dynasty China 426
Delhi 428
Tughlaqabad 429
Quwwat-ul-Islam 429
Africa 431
Mamluk Sultanate 432
Lalibela 434
Great Zimbabwe 436
Mosques of Mali 437
Fontenay Abbey 438
Medieval Scandinavia 440
Europe: The High Middle Ages 441
Cathedral Design 442
Amiens and Bourges Cathedrals 443
Notre-Dame of Reims 444
Exeter Cathedral 445
Italian Town Halls 446
Siena 446
Mendicant Orders 448
Nasrid Sultanate and the Alhambra 449
Toltec Empire 452
Chichén Itzá 452
1400 ce 455
The Americas 460
Hopis 460
New England Societies 462
Tenochtitlán 463
Incas 465
Machu Picchu 467
Republic of Venice 469
Ottoman Empire 470
Beyazit Medical Complex 471
Topkapi Palace 472
Italian Renaissance 474
Cathedral of Florence 475
Florentine Loggias 476
San Lorenzo 476
Medici Palace 478
Rucellai Palace 479
Sant’Andrea at Mantua 480
Villa Medici 481
Tempietto of San Pietro 482
French Châteaux 482
Mamluk Sultanate 484
Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Qaitbay 485
Timurid Dynasty 486
Deccan Sultanates 488
Pandua 488
Jami Masjid of Ahmedabad 489
Friday Mosque of Gulbarga 490
Ming Dynasty China 491
Forbidden City 491
Mt. Wudang 494
Temple of Heaven 494
Dabao-en Temple, or the Porcelain
Tower of Nanjing 495
Joseon Dynasty 496
Muromachi Japan 497
Kinkakuji 498
Ginkakuji 499
Ayutthaya 500
1600 ce 501
Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc 501
Tokugawa Shogunate 504
Nikko Toshogu 505
Nijo-jo 506
Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa) 508
Ming Tombs 512
Potala Palace 516
Voyages of Zheng He 519
Mughals 520
Humayun’s Tomb 520
Fatehpur Sikri 521
Buland Darwaza 522
Diwan-i-Khas 523
Rauza-I-Munavvara (Taj Mahal) 524
Vijaynagara 527
Bijapur 529
Isfahan 530
Suleymaniye Complex 533
Kremlin’s New Churches 535
Church of the Ascension 536
Dogon of Mali 537
Palladio 539
Villa Rotonda 540
Baroque Italy 542
Campidoglio 542
St. Peter’s Basilica 545
Sant’Andrea al Quirinale 550
Il Gesù 550
Spanish Invasion of America 552
Atrios 553
Colonial Forts 554
Amsterdam 556
Amsterdam Town Hall 557
Place Royale 558
Elizabethan England 559
Banqueting House 561
Church of Santo Domingo 561
Ryoanji 562
1700 ce 563
Colonialism 568
Haciendas 571
New European Colonial Urban
Culture 572
The Louvre and the Hôtel 573
Château de Versailles 576
St. Petersburg 578
Rationalization and the Age of Reason 580
Observatoire de Paris 580
Hôtel des Invalides 581
Johann Balthasar Neumann and the
New Neresheim 582
China and the European Enlightenment 584
The Gongyuan and the Jinshi 584
Stowe Gardens and The Temple of
British Worthies 585
Sans Souci 586
Qing Beijing 588
Beihai 590
Yuanmingyuan 590
Joseon Dynasty of Korea 591
Mallas of Nepal 592
Kyoto’s Odoi and Shimabara 593
Edo (Tokyo) 594
Nayaks of Madurai 596
Jaipur 597
Nurosmaniye Mosque, Istanbul 598
The Anglican Church 599
St. Mary Woolnoth 601
Whigs and the Palladian Revival 602
Touro Synagogue, Newport 603
Shirley Plantation, Virginia 604
1800 ce 605
Tash-Khovli 610
Jaipur and the End of the Mughal Empire 611
Darbar Sahib 613
Wat Pra Kaew 614
Neoclassicim vs. Romanticism 616
Laugier, Rousseau, and the Noble Savage 619
St. Geneviève 620
Ledoux and Boullée 621
Napoleonic Cemeteries 624
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand 625
Jeffersonian Neoclassicism 626
Monticello 626
Washington, DC 627
Nationalism 629
Altes Museum 630
Colonial Calcutta:The Esplanade 632
Writers’ Building 632
St. John’s Church 633
Government House 634
Greek Revival 634
Tennessee State Capitol 635
Metcalfe Hall 636
Industrial Revolution 637
Albert Dock 638
Panoptic Prisons 639
Workhouses 640
Shakers 641
August Welby Pugin and the English
Parliament Building 642
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc 644
Architectural Preservation 645
Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève 646
Kanamaru-za 648
Qianlong’s Universal Vision 650
Chengde 651
Qingyi Garden 653
Synagogues 654
1900 ce 657
Public Sector Architecture 662
London Law Courts 664
Railroad Stations 665
The Athenaeum 666
National Museums 667
World’s Fairs 668
Global Arts and Crafts Movement 669
Arts and Crafts in India: Indo-Saracenic Style 670
Arts and Crafts in California 673
Central Park 674
Paris and Haussmann 675
The Passage 677
École des Beaux-Arts 678
Chettinad Mansions 680
Colonial Modernism 681
Henry Hobson Richardson 682
The Global Bungalow 684
Shingle Style 684
Campus Architecture in the United States 686
Art Nouveau’s Maison Tassel 687
Rise of Professionalism 688
International City Beautiful Plans 688
Walter Burley Griffin 690
The Garden City Movement 691
International Beaux-Arts 692
Skyscrapers 693
Wrigley Building 694
Casa Batlló 695
Frank Lloyd Wright 697
Taliesin 698
African Land Grab 699
Kyoto National Museum 700
Myongdong Cathedral 700
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Building 700
Concrete 701
Adolf Loos 703
The Factory Aesthetic 704
Deutsche Werkbund 705
German Concrete 706
Expressionism 707
New Delhi 710
Mombasa 711
Asplund and Lewerentz 712
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Mayan
Revival Style 713
Dutch Kampung 714
De Stijl Movement 715
Friedrichstrasse Office Building 716
Russian Constructivism 717
Tatlin’s Tower 718
Soviet Pavilion 719
The Bauhaus 720
Le Corbusier and Vers une Architecture 722
Villa Savoye 722
Lovell House 724
1950 ce 725
Modernism 726
Weissenhof Siedlung 730
Usonian Houses 732
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture
Moderne 733
Pavilion Suisse 734
Barcelona Pavilion 735
Palace of the Soviets Competition 737
Rockefeller Center 738
Czechoslovakia 739
Touba 740
National Modernism, Ankara 741
National Modernism, Tel Aviv 741
Japanese Pavilion 742
Villa Mairea 742
Fallingwater 744
Brazilian Modernism 745
Fascist Modernism, Italy 747
Säynätsalo Town Hall 749
Illinois Institute of Technology Library
Building 750
Farnsworth House 751
Eames House 752
Yale University Art Gallery 753
National Modernism, Brasília 754
National Modernism, Chandigarh 756
Chapel At Ronchamp 759
Guggenheim Museum 760
Ekistics 761
Sydney Opera House 762
Eero Saarinen 763
Steel and Glass Skyscraper 764
Latin-American Modernism 766
National Modernism, Cuba 768
Salk Institute 769
National Modernism, Bangladesh 770
Metabolism 771
Brutalism 772
Archigram 773
Buckminster Fuller 774
Counterculture Architecture 776
National Modernism, Nigeria 777
South Asian Modernism 778
Postmodernism 780
Magney House 786
Globalization Today 787
Glossary 801
Bibliography 811
Illustration Credits 821
Index 825