This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. 100 Ideas that Changed Architecture explores when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• No.1 FIREPLACE
• No.2 FLOOR
• No.3 WALL
• No.4 COLUMN AND BEAM
• No.5 DOOR
• No.6 WINDOW
• No.7 BRICK
• No.8 STAIRCASE
• No 9 CLASSICAL ORDERS
• No.10 ARCH
• No.11 VAULT
• No.12 DOME
• No.13 ARCADE
• No.14 COURTYARD
• No.15 ATRIUM
• No.16 PLATFORM
• No.17 BASILICA
• No.18 HUMANISM
• No.19 PROPORTION
• No.20 FORM
• No.21 ORNAMENT
• No.22 IDEAL
• No.23 MODULE
• No.24 GRID
• No.25 SYMMETRY
• No.26 COMMODITY, FIRMNESS AND DELIGHT
• No.27 PARTICULARITY
• No.28 ARCHITECT
• No.29 ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION
• No.30 PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION
• No.31 COMPOSITION
• No.32 UTOPIA
• No.33 STYLE
• No.34 PALLADIANISM
• No.35 CORRIDOR
• No.36 PRIMITIVE HUT
• No.37 GENIUS LOCI
• No.38 SCENOGRAPHY
• No.39 PICTURESQUE
• No.40 GOTHIC REVIVAL
• No.41 BEAUX-ARTS
• No.42 IRON
• No.43 STEEL
• No.44 GLASS
• No.45 ROOF LIGHTING
• No.46 STRUCTURAL FRAME
• No.47 CENTRAL HEATING
• No.48 ELECTRIC LIGHTING
• No.49 THE LIFT
• No.50 REINFORCED CONCRETE
• No.51 ART OF BUILDING
• No.52 TECTONIC FORM
• No.53 POLYCHROMY
• No.54 CONSERVATION
• No.55 EMPATHY
• No.56 AIR CONDITIONING
• No.57 FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
• No.58 ZEITGEIST
• No.59 SPACE
• No.60 MODERNITY
• No.61 IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS
• No.62 CLADDING
• No.63 ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE
• No.64 ORNAMENT IS CRIME
• No.65 FREE PLAN
• No.66 ARCHITECTURAL PROMENADE
• No.67 FIVE POINTS OF A NEW ARCHITECTURE
• No.68 ABSTRACTION
• No.69 TRANSPARENCY
• No.70 AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION
• No.71 COLLAGE
• No.72 LAYERING
• No.73 INTERNATIONAL STYLE
• No.74 LESS IS MORE
• No.75 REGIONALISM
• No.76 FLEXIBILITY
• No.77 BETON BRUT
• No.78 MORPHOLOGY
• No.79 ADDITIVE COMPOSITION
• No.80 SERVANT AND SERVED SPACES
• No.81 POSTMODERNISM
• No.82 COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION
• No.83 SHED
• No.84 TYPE
• No.85 CONTEXT
• No.86 PLACE
• No.87 PHENOMENOLOGY
• No.88 SKIN
• No.89 COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
• No.90 RAINSCREEN CLADDING
• No.91 COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE
• No.92 UNIVERSAL DESIGN
• No.93 DESIGN AND BUILD
• No.94 PASSIVE DESIGN
• No.95 SUSTAINABILITY
• No.96 DECONSTRUCTION
• No.97 BIGNESS
• No.98 FOLD
• No.99 PARAMETRIC DESIGN
• No.100 EVERYDAY
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary
• Further reading