A Global History of Architecture
by Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash
3rd Edition
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons P&T
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781118981337 |
| eText ISBN | 9781118981603 |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons P&T |
| Publishing Year | 2017 |
| Edition | 3rd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 864 |
A Global History of Architecture, 3rd Edition, is an architectural history textbook examining 5,000 years of the built environment. Spanning from 3500 BCE to the present, the text organizes movements along a global timeline to emphasize cross-cultural connections and influences.
Moving beyond a Eurocentric focus, the volume traces building traditions across a shared chronological framework. The 2017 edition expanded coverage of non-Western cultures alongside dedicated discussions of contemporary global architecture.
Designed for students and architecture enthusiasts, the text meets National Architectural Accrediting Board requirements for non-Western architecture in history education. The survey integrates architectural drawings and maps by Francis D. K. Ching to illustrate historical structures.
Table of Contents
Chapter Preface: Preface
Chapter 3500 BCE: 3500 BCE
- • Ritual Centers
- • Beginnings of China’s Civilizations
- • Mehrgarh and Early Indus Settlements
- • The Village Networks of Mesopotamia and the Balkans
- • Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt
- • European Developments
Chapter 2500 BCE: 2500 BCE
- • The Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization
- • Margiana
- • Early Empires of Mesopotamia
- • Egypt: The Old Kingdom
- • Architecture and Food
- • Stonehenge
- • Megalithic Temples of Malta
- • The First Civilizations of South America
Chapter 1500 BCE: 1500 BCE
- • The Minoans and Knossos
- • Egypt: The New Kingdom
- • Hittite Empire
- • Mycenaean Civilization
- • Poverty Point
- • Shang Dynasty, China
- • Civilization of the High Andes
Chapter 800 BCE: 800 BCE
- • The Olmecs
- • Chavín de Huántar
- • The Iron Age
- • The Etruscans
- • Greece: The Geometric Period
- • Kingdom of Kush
- • Saba/Sa’abia
- • Temple of Solomon
- • Zhou Dynasty, China
- • The Aryan Invasion and Varanasi
- • Neo-Assyrian Empire
Chapter 400 BCE: 400 BCE
- • The Achaemenid Empire
- • Greece and the Mediterranean
- • The Hellenistic Age
- • Mauryan Dynasty and Early Buddhism
- • China: The Warring States Period
Chapter 0: 0
- • The Founding of Rome
- • Bibracte
- • Augustan Rome
- • Post-Augustan Rome
- • Rock-Cut Tombs
- • Northern Palace at Masada
- • Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis
- • Qin Dynasty, China
- • Development of Mahayana Buddhism
- • The Maya
Chapter 200 CE: 200 CE
- • Roman Empire
- • The Parthian Empire
- • Aksum
- • Amaravati Stupa
- • Caitya Hall at Karli
- • Anuradhapura
- • Han Dynasty China
- • Teotihuacán
- • Moche and Nazca Civilizations
- • North Amazon Societies
- • Ohio’s Hopewell Mounds
Chapter 400 CE: 400 CE
- • Ajanta Caves
- • Establishment of Chinese and Central Asian Buddhism
- • The Sassanian Empire
- • Hindu Renaissance
- • Mahabodhi Temple
- • Sigiriya
- • The Pyu, Mon, and Funan
- • Emergence of Christianity
- • Post-Constantinian Age
- • Tomb of Theodoric the Great
- • Kofun Period: Japan
- • Zapotecs of Oaxaca
Chapter 600 CE: 600 CE
- • Age of Justinian
- • Armenian Architecture
- • Vishnu Deogarh and Elephanta
- • The Five Rathas
- • Southeast Asia
- • Sui and T’ang Dynasties
- • Nara Period: Japan
Chapter 800 CE: 800 CE
- • Rise of Islam
- • Mahaviharas at Nalanda
- • Rajasimhesvara and Virupaksha Temples
- • Kailasnath at Ellora
- • Samye, Tibet
- • Indonesia at a Crossroads
- • Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia
- • Korean Buddhism
- • Foguang Monastery
- • Europe and the Carolingians
- • Tikal
- • Mayan City-States
- • Tiwanaku
- • Quirigua
- • Guayabo
Chapter 1000 CE: 1000 CE
- • Mayan Uxmal
- • Cahokia
- • Serpent Mound
- • Pueblo Bonito
- • Seljuk Turks
- • Muqarnas
- • The Fatimids
- • Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms
- • Cholamandalam
- • Polonnaruwa
- • Song Dynasty China
- • Liao Dynasty
- • Pure Land Buddhism
- • Byzantine Revival
- • Ottonian Germany
- • The Normans
- • Pilgrimage Churches
- • Tuscany
Chapter 1200 CE: 1200 CE
- • Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat)
- • Kingdom of Pagan
- • Sanju-sangen-do
- • Itsukushima Shrine
- • Southern Song Dynasty
- • Mongol Empire
- • Delhi
- • Africa
- • Fontenay Abbey
- • Medieval Scandinavia
- • Europe: The High Middle Ages
- • Nasrid Sultanate and the Alhambra
- • Toltec Empire
- • Chichén Itzá
Chapter 1400 CE: 1400 CE
- • The Americas
- • Republic of Venice
- • Ottoman Empire
- • Italian Renaissance
- • French Châteaux
- • Mamluk Sultanate
- • Timurid Dynasty
- • Deccan Sultanates
- • Ming Dynasty China
- • Joseon Dynasty
- • Muromachi Japan
- • Ayutthaya
Chapter 1600 CE: 1600 CE
- • Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc
- • Tokugawa Shogunate
- • Ming Tombs
- • Potala Palace
- • Voyages of Zheng He
- • Mughals
- • Vijaynagara
- • Bijapur
- • Isfahan
- • Suleymaniye Complex
- • Kremlin’s New Churches
- • Dogon of Mali
- • Palladio
- • Baroque Italy
- • Spanish Invasion of America
- • Atrios
- • Colonial Forts
- • Amsterdam
- • Place Royale
- • Elizabethan England
- • Church of Santo Domingo
- • Ryoanji
Chapter 1700 CE: 1700 CE
- • Colonialism
- • The Louvre and the Hôtel
- • Château de Versailles
- • St. Petersburg
- • Rationalization and the Age of Reason
- • Johann Balthasar Neumann and the New Neresheim
- • China and the European Enlightenment
- • Qing Beijing
- • Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- • Mallas of Nepal
- • Kyoto’s Odoi and Shimabara
- • Edo (Tokyo)
- • Nayaks of Madurai
- • Jaipur
- • Nurosmaniye Mosque, Istanbul
- • The Anglican Church
- • Whigs and the Palladian Revival
Chapter 1800 CE: 1800 CE
- • Tash-Khovli
- • Jaipur and the End of the Mughal Empire
- • Darbar Sahib
- • Wat Pra Kaew
- • Neoclassicim vs. Romanticism
- • Washington, DC
- • Nationalism
- • Colonial Calcutta:The Esplanade
- • Greek Revival
- • Industrial Revolution
- • Shakers
- • August Welby Pugin and the English Parliament Building
- • Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc
- • Architectural Preservation
- • Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève
- • Kanamaru-za
- • Qianlong’s Universal Vision
- • Synagogues
Chapter 1900 CE: 1900 CE
- • Public Sector Architecture
- • Railroad Stations
- • The Athenaeum
- • National Museums
- • World’s Fairs
- • Global Arts and Crafts Movement
- • Central Park
- • Paris and Haussmann
- • The Passage
- • École des Beaux-Arts
- • Chettinad Mansions
- • Colonial Modernism
- • Henry Hobson Richardson
- • The Global Bungalow
- • Shingle Style
- • Campus Architecture in the United States
- • Art Nouveau’s Maison Tassel
- • Rise of Professionalism
- • International City Beautiful Plans
- • The Garden City Movement
- • International Beaux-Arts
- • Skyscrapers
- • Casa Batlló
- • Frank Lloyd Wright
- • African Land Grab
- • Kyoto National Museum
- • Myongdong Cathedral
- • Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Building
- • Concrete
- • Adolf Loos
- • The Factory Aesthetic
- • Deutsche Werkbund
- • German Concrete
- • Expressionism
- • New Delhi
- • Mombasa
- • Asplund and Lewerentz
- • Frank Lloyd Wright and the Mayan Revival Style
- • Dutch Kampung
- • De Stijl Movement
- • Friedrichstrasse Office Building
- • Russian Constructivism
- • The Bauhaus
- • Le Corbusier and Vers une Architecture
- • Lovell House
Chapter 1950 CE: 1950 CE
- • Modernism
- • Postmodernism
- • Magney House
- • Globalization Today
Chapter Glossary: Glossary
Chapter Bibliography: Bibliography
Chapter Illustration Credits: Illustration Credits
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