Architecture for Beginners

What a pleasure to read this book; it is witty and now and then mordant.It explains the changing styles of buildings on the basis of the societies, their technical abilities, and their power structure, as well as the self-importance of rulers and architects.All pages are approximately half text and half comic drawings, often with a touch of sarcasm.Enjoy it!

If, like me, you've ever wandered around thinking, ah yes, interesting column, from the ionoricesque ahem period, yes, indeed - but wished you actually KNEW what period or style you were looking at - this is absolutely the book for you. A wealth of information, both historical and structural, about architecture and architects. I found this book easy to read, informative and entertaining, thanks to a host of tiny cartoons which slip you information without you quite noticing it, like hiding cauliflower in macaroni and cheese.A very worthwhile book.