Sir Nikolaus Pevsners history of European architecture, with its readable brevity and its combination of warmth and scholarship, provides the ideal introduction to the subject. Concentrating on outstanding and typical buildings, this classic study traces the story of western architecture from the basilicas of Rome to the skyscrapers of the twentieth century. Fully illustrated, with nearly 300 photographs, drawings and plans integrated into the text, An Outline of European Architecture has been expanded in edition after edition, and has sold over half a million copies since it was first published.