Promotional Information

Fil Hearn's Ideas That Shaped Buildings lucidly summarizes two thousand years of theorizing about architecture in an easy-to-read primer wisely organized both chronologically and thematically. Offering a comprehensive overview of the canon of design thinking from Vitruvius to Venturi, it will be a useful introductory text for architecture students, architects, and cultured readers interested in surveying Western civilization's most influential architectural ideas. -- Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, Professor, University of Maryland School of Architecture

About the Author

Fil Hearn is Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Director of Architectural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

Reviews

Hearn is a good tour guide.—Michael J. Crosbie, Architectural Record

The product of many years of classroom experience, this compendium is likely to become a much assigned text...—Publisher's Weekly

There has long been a need for this book, and it should sell well for many years.—Library Journal

Tutors and students will be blessing Fil Hearn for his little book...compact, erudite, literate.—Jeremy Melvin, Architects Journal