In this ultra-compact, fully illustrated guide to architecture, Susie Hodge outlines the history and theory of architecture from the earliest constructions to the contemporary concepts of our time. Throughout the presentation, she analyzes 200 key buildings, historical styles, architectural movements, and distinguished architects from around the world. The content includes Greek orders, Roman engineering, Gothic architecture, the Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, Modernism, and Postmodernism, as well as Futurism and Dynamic architecture, along with architects such as Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Gaudi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Frank Gehry.