This book brings together all of the most important and
influential essays about architecture written since the Renaissance,
copiously illustrated and neatly organized chronologically by country.
From Alberti and Palladio to Le Corbusier and Koolhaas, the best
treatises by architecture’s greatest masters are gathered here, each
accompanied by an essay discussing its historical context and
significance. This is the all-in-one, must-have book for anyone
interested in what architects have to say about their craft.
