‘Architecture is an all-embracing adventure without end. It is a story that can never be completed as long as mankind continues to build, to invent, to discover.

Journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most inspirational and characterful creations in world architecture.

From the world’s best known buildings, such as the Pantheon in Rome, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and the Taj Mahal in Agra, to less well-known marvels such as Oriel Chambers in Liverpool and the Narkomfin building in Moscow, which have fascinating stories all their own, Architecture A History in 100 Buildings offers an eloquent testimony to the power of great architecture to shape and be shaped by world history.