Kyle Harrison
to-read
A Global History of Architecture
- Author
- Francis D. K. Ching, Mark Jarzombek and Vikramaditya Prakash
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 864
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: A survey of world architecture organised by date rather than by tradition — every region of the world in the same century side by side, with Francis Ching’s drawings throughout.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the answers to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (the thread, June 2025). The full list of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Architecture — the subject.
- City Building — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.