The Oxford Companion to Architecture

• A new Oxford Companion on a popular and much-debated subject
• 1,500 A-Z entries cover all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definitions
• Particularly strong in its coverage of architecture around the world, and of modern and vernacular architecture
• Written by a team of over 150 contributors, including many distinguished architects and academics, under the editorship of Dr Patrick Goode and two consultant editors
• The Companion is strongly rooted in an approach to architecture that looks at its social, technical, and practical aspects, as well as viewing it from an art-historical perspective
• High-quality illustrations complement and enhance the text
• In-depth cross-referencing and a thematic contents list enable readers to find the information they are looking for easily
• Also available online from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf or through Oxford Reference Online, offering flexible search and browse functionality and mutli-user access

Readership: The Companion is an invaluable reference resource for architects, designers, teachers and students of architecture and architectural history at high school and college level, and the general reader interested in architecture. It should become an indispensable library resource in schools, colleges, and universities.

Patrick Goode, formerly University of Greenwich

Foreword: Appreciation of Colin St John Wilson
Preface
List of Editors, Consultants, Advisers and Contributors
Thematic list of entries
List of illustrations
The Oxford Companion to Architecture: A-Z
Bibliographical Essay
List of authors and entries
Picture Credits