Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. A Note to the Reader x
4. I The ancients
5. 1 Buildings Last a Long Time 3
6. 2 Houses of Eternity 8
7. 3 Enter the Column 15
8. 4 The Birthplace 22
9. 5 Mighty Arches 31
10. 6 Sailing to Byzantium 38
11. II Middle Ages
12. 7 Mihrabs and Minarets 49
13. 8 Cultural Fusion 56
14. 9 Sacred Citadels 63
15. 10 The Allure of the New 69
16. 11 The Diffusion of a Style 78
17. 12 Andalusian Fantasy 86
18. 13 Far East 94
19. III A Reimagined World
20. 14 Glancing Back 105
21. 15 Ancient and Novel 115
22. 16 Villa 125
23. 17 The Art of Rhetoric 135
24. 18 Classicism 143
25. 19 The Square of the Map of the World 151
26. IV The First Moderns 159
27. 20 Architecture Meets Real Estate 161
28. 21 A Secular Temple 169
29. 22 Iron Monuments 177
30. 23 A Personal Vision 185
31. 24 Modern Life 193
32. 25 The New World 201
33. 26 The Enduring Past 209
34. V New Building
35. 27 Starting Over 219
36. 28 On the Wings of Tradition 228
37. 29 The Vertical Dimension 238
38. 30 Volte-face 248
39. 31 In-Between 257
40. 32 Variety and Richness 263
41. 33 Form Follows Imagination 268
42. VI After Modernism
43. 34 The Seesaw 279
44. 35 The Industrial Gene 287
45. 36 Expanding the Language 295
46. 37 Turning Back the Clock 305
47. 38 Starchitects 314
48. 39 A Grounded Art 322
49. Afterword 331
50. Additional Reading 334
51. Acknowledgments 339
52. Illustration Credits 340
53. Index 342