A Chronology of Architecture: A Cultural Timeline from Stone Circles to Skyscrapers

A fresh take on the history of architecture, using cultural timelines to reveal little-known connections between society, engineering, and design.

Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius defined architecture's characteristics to include firmitas, utilitas, and venustas-essentially, structural integrity, usefulness, and beauty. Amazingly, all three Vitruvian characteristics can be found one way or another in most buildings and constructions from antiquity through the present.

A Chronology of Ar...