Space, time and architecture

First published in 1941, this study traces how buildings and cities have been shaped over time. Giedion examines leading architects and the styles they developed, showing how new traditions emerged and how certain tendencies gathered force and pointed toward later change. He also turns to the urban renewal that swept through cities in the 1950s and to the rise of regionalism, in which architects drew creatively on local conditions and traditions. The result is a broad account of how the built environment reflects the ideas and needs of its age.