Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-color photography.The architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture. From familiar modern era names such as Zaha Hadid and Sir Norman Foster to geniuses from history such as Nicholas Hawksmoor and Andrea Palladio, Ike Ijeh revea...

Urban character is frequently cited by planners, developers and architects as something they wish to protect and enhance. But little or no effort is ever made to define urban character in specific or quantitative terms.In Designing London, architect and critic Ike Ijeh provides a definitive and comprehensive analysis of London's urban character. He establisheskey principles by which the architecture of the capital's streets, buildings and spaces can be designed to enhance t...

Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-colour photography.The 50 architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture. From Zaha Hadid to Nicholas Hawksmoor, architect and journalist Ike Ijeh reveals his top 50 list of the architects deserving of the description 'greatest'.