Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-567) and index.

v. 1. An anthology from Vitruvius to 1870 (pt. I. Classicism and the Renaissance. A. The classical and medieval traditions. B. Renaissance and Baroque ideals. pt. II. Classicism in France and Britain. A. French Classicism: ancients and moderns. B. British Classicism and Palladianism. pt. III. Neoclassicism and the enlightenment. A. Early Neoclassicism. B. Greece and the Classical ideal. pt. IV. Theories of the Picturesque and the Sublime. A. Sources of the Picturesque. B. Toward a relativist Aesthetics. C. Consolidation of Picturesque theory. pt. V. The rise of historicism in the nineteenth century. A. Challenges to classicism in France, 1802-34. B. The Gothic revival in Britain, Germany, and France. C. The German style debate. D. The rise of American theory. pt. VI: Historicism in the Industrial Age. A. The battle of the styles in Britain. B. Rationalism, Eclecticism, and Realism in France. C. Tectonics and style in Germany.).

v. 2. An anthology from 1871 to 2005 (pt. I. Early modernism. A. The arts and crafts movement in Great Britain. B. Continental reforms. C. Reforms in the United States. D. Conceptual underpinnings of German modernism : space, form, and realism. pt. II. The formation of the modern movement : 1894-1914. A. The Wagner School and the German Werkbund. B. Modernism elsewhere in Europe. C. The Chicago School and the American West. pt. III. The 1920s. A. American modernism : 1918-32. B. Soviet constructivism. C. De Stijil and purism. D. German Expressionism and the Bauhaus. E. European modernism : 1925-32. pt. IV. The politics of modernism : 1930-45. A. Totalitarianism in Europe. B. American academic and architectural reforms. pt. V. High modernism in the postwar years. A. Postwar theory in the United States. B. Postwar theory in Europe. C. The rise and fall of CIAM. pt. VI. Critiques of modernism : 1959-69. A. The death of the American city. B. Retreats and utopianism. C. Critiques of modernism. pt. VII. The prospect of a postmodern theory : 1969-79. A. Rationalism and the IAUS. B. Semiotics and phenomenology. C. Alternative strategies and debates. pt. VIII. The 1980s. A. Poststructuralism and deconstruction. B. Postmodernism and historicism. C. Regionalism and traditionalism. pt. IX. Millennial tensions. A. Tectonics and geometry. B. The end of theory? C. Beyond the new millennium.).