Architectural Theory: Pioneering Texts on Architecture from the Renaissance to Today published by Taschen

Architectural Theory: Pioneering Texts on Architecture from the Renaissance to Today collects influential architectural texts from the Renaissance to the present, setting canonical treatises by figures from Alberti and Palladio to Le Corbusier and Koolhaas into historical context.

“I can imagine living with this for years because it lets ideas be read beside one another instead of reducing architectural history to photographs of finished buildings. It offers something worth returning to rather than a single decorative moment.”
-Mrs. Mayfair

Product Details

• Publisher: Taschen
• Contributors: Author: Bernd Evers
• ISBN: 9783836599627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Pages: 680
• Languages: English
• Dimensions: 6.69″ × 9.45″
• Weight: 3.79 lb
• Subject: Architecture & Design

Care & Ownership

Keep the book in a cool, dry, stable interior away from prolonged direct sunlight, radiators, vents, leaks, and high humidity. Support it upright without leaning, ideally beside books of similar height, and handle it with clean, dry hands. Dust the cover and page edges gently with a clean, dry, soft cloth; never use household cleaners on the binding or pages.

Publisher / Heritage

Taschen was founded by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne in 1980 and remains an independent, family-run publisher. Its illustrated program spans art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, travel, lifestyle, and visual culture, with formats ranging from compact series to large-scale monographs, facsimiles, and collector editions. Across these books, reproduction, book design, and physical scale are treated as part of the editorial experience.

As seen in: House & Garden, Architectural Digest