Oxford Companion to Architecture, 2-Volume Set

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
The Oxford Companion to Architecture is a new A-Z reference book on a popular and much-debated subject. It covers all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definitions. It is particularly strong in its coverage of architecture around the world, and of modern and vernacular architecture. It has been 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 the study and presentation of architecture that avoids the art-historical approach and looks instead at its social, technical, and practical aspects. It explores why buildings look as they do, and approaches architecture not as a fine art, but as a means of solving certain social and technical problems while creating a visual effect.

Because buildings are nearly always the product of specific social, political, individual, or religious requirements, rather than of abstract artistic expression, the Companion pays particular attention to building types, and to how the architect's achievement can be appreciated within the context in which they were building. It covers not only the familiar building types (cathedrals, mosques, houses), but also those which are more obscure and whose architectural merits are sometimes overlooked (bus garages, power stations, or multi-storey car parks). It also gives a fairly broad answer to the question 'what is architecture?' by including the contribution of vernacular architecture, and structures designed by engineers.

As well as taking account of the social dimension, the Companion examines the technical aspects that influence architectural expression, and offers a detailed appraisal of materials, structures, and services in architecture. The Companion covers all periods, from the beginnings of architecture in ancient Egypt up to the present day. It is worldwide in scope, giving equal weight to architecture in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America as to the more familiar examples from Western Europe and the United States.

The entries provide criticism, analysis, and value judgements, as well as information, making it an indispensable reference for architects, designers, and teachers and students of architecture and architectural history.

Also available online for purchase by institutions from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf (www.oxford-digitalreference.com) offering flexible search and browse functionality and multi-access either through Oxford Reference Online (www.oxfordreference.com) or as a stand-alone resource.


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







Contributors:
General Editor
Patrick Goode

Consultant Editors
Professor Stanford Anderson, Professor of History and Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Sir Colin St J. Wilson (1922-2007)

Advisory Editors
Modernism: Alan Powers, specialist in modern British architecture
Antiquity; Medieval Europe: Anthony Quiney, former Professor of Architectural History at the University of Greenwich, former President, Royal Archaeological Institute, and author of numerous books and articles on architectural and building history and archaeology

Contributors
James S. Ackerman
John Allan
Stanford Anderson (Consultant Editor).
Kazi Ashraf
John Baines
Warwick Ball
Heather Blackett
Rosemarie Haag Bletter
Claire Bonney
John M. L. Booker
Edward R. Bosley
Sibel Bozdogan
Geoff Brandwood
Karla Cavarra Britton
William C. Brumfield
Charles Burney
J. W. P. Campbell
Brian Carter
George Carter
Phi Hung Wallace Chang
Meredith L. Clausen
Emma Dent Coad
William H Coaldrake
Jeffrey Cody
Joseph Connors
Robert Cowherd
Christopher Curtis
Christopher Cuttle
Gillian Darley
Colin Davies
David G. De Long
George Dodd
Frank Duffy
John Earl
Caroline van Eck
Nnamdi Elleh
Robert Elwall
Gail G. Fenske
José Manuel Fernandes
John Fernandez
Robert Fisher
David N. Fixler
Michael Forsyth
Torbjorn Fulton
Mark Gelernter
Mohammad Gharipour
Miles Glendinning
Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Selwyn Goldsmith
Patrick Goode (Editor)
Godfrey Goodwin
Richard Goy
Richard Gray
S. K. Hagan
Simon Henley
Grant Hildebrand
R. Thomas Hille
J B Hilling
Robert Holden
Renata Holod
Ann C. Huppert
George Izenour
Bong Hee Jeon
Geraint John
Peter Blundell Jones
Harold Kalman
Carla Keyvanian
Pat Kirkham
W. Eugene Kleinbauer
Brian Knox
Pekka Korvenmaa
Valeria Koukoutsi-Mazarakis
Paul Kruty
Udo Kultermann
Sarah Bradford Landau
Barbara Miller Lane
Liane Lefaivre
Jill Lever
Michael Levin
Ronald Lewcock
Sarah Lichtman
Hélène Lipstadt
M. J. Long
Richard Longstreth
Brian L. McLaren
Rowland J. Mainstone
Harry Francis Mallgrave
Christina Maranci
Thomas A. Markus
Robert Maxwell
W. Barksdale Maynard
Iris Meder
Harold Meek
Louise Noelle Mereles
Deborah Middleton
Dr Chris Miele
Mary Ellen Miller
William Mitchell
Peter Molyneux
Kathryn Ann Morrison
Adnan Morshed
Rachel Moss
Kamil Khan Mumtaz
Stefan Muthesius
Albert Narath
Lawrence Nield
James F. O'Gorman
Paul Oliver
Megan Eileen O'Neil
Zoe Opacic
Ken Tadashi Oshima
Christian F. Otto
Hyungmin Pai
Juhani Pallasmaa
Richard H. Penner
Robert Powell
Alan Powers (Advisory Editor).
Malcolm Quantrill
Anthony Quiney (Advisory Editor)
Kester Rattenbury
Leland M. Roth
Freek Schmidt
Yves Schoonjans
Franz Schulze
Helen Searing
Arief B. Setiawan
Douglass Shand-Tucci
Dennis Sharp
Judith E. Sheine
József Sisa
Hetty Startup
Nancy S. Steinhardt
Christopher F. Stell OBE
Roger Stonehouse
Christopher Tadgell
Jeremy Taylor
John Templer
Robert Thorne
Ian Toplis
Leslie E. Topp
Paul Tvrtkovic
Vladimir Tvrtkovic
Geoffrey Tyack
Alexander Tzonis
Jindrich Vybíral
Lynne Walker
Colin St J. Wilson (Consultant Editor)
Giles Worsley
Auke van der Woud
Wong Yunn-Chii
David Van Zanten
Hazem Ziada


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

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