ABC of Architecture

Summary: "[A] book that illuminates any writing on building....[A] model of brevity and clarity, [this] may be the best-written book on the subject in English for lay people....[H]e explains so clearly how building work that his reader ends up understanding not only the built world but much of the jargon in other architecture books. Furthermore, O'Gorman insists on our learning architecture by learning history, and this frame...work is a memorable structure for his crisp, amusing instruction....He calls his book a 'primer' and a 'modest grammar.' Many readers will call it a life's companion." [read more]