Encyclopedia of Architectural Styles. A Classic Work on European Architecture from Antiquity to Modernity

The large encyclopedia of architectural styles by Wilfried Koch is presented in its 34th corrected and revised edition and has been a comprehensive guide for everyone interested in the history of art since its first publication in 1982, being an... indispensable encyclopedia of architectural styles for both specialists and those studying the history of art and architecture.
You will find in this book an unusually large volume of illustrations and other information about European architecture from antiquity to modernity: detailed texts, carefully following a well-thought-out systematics, for the sections "Cult Architecture", "Fortified Castle and Palace", "Urban and Public Buildings", as well as "City Development" are visually illustrated with approximately 2800 architectural sketches. Among these are also a number of corrected or previously unpublished horizontal projections, as well as 50 maps showing the locations of the objects. At the end of the book, concluding the general broad overview of European architectural styles over 3 millennia, there is an alphabetically arranged illustrated glossary of terms with about 1100 key words, detailed indexes of geographical names and personal names, as well as a five-language glossary.