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Rubens, Peter Paul 72

S

Sagrada Familia, Expiatory Church of the 98–9, 101

Saint-Denis, Paris 41, 57

Saint Lazare, Autun 78

Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London 72

Saint Philibert, Tournus 78

Santa Maria degli Angeli 78

Scamozzi, Vincenzo 75–6

Schröder house, Utrecht 46–7, 49

Seagram Building, New York 13, 85–7, 98, 91, 107, 113

Seduction 48

Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1–2

Singapore 15

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 107

Speer, Albert 39, 83

Stade de France 57

Stargate 38

Stirling Prize 51

Stoa 124

Suger, Abbot 41, 57

Sunflowers 53

Surreal 18

Sydney Opera House 87–9, 101, 103

T

Taj Mahal 90, 101–3

Thatcher, Margaret 18

Tourism 76, 101, 104

Tournus 41, 78

Tribune Tower, Chicago 90–2

U

Ustad ‘Isa 102

Utson, Jorn 88–9

V

Vandals 41

Van Gogh 53

Venice 69, 70, 71

Vernacular 11, 31, 124 (see also Cottages)

Versailles 27, 98

Vicenza 69, 71

Victoria, Queen 51

Villa Capra 70–1, 75–6

Villa Savoye 95

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène 93

Virgil 27

Virginia State Capitol, Richmond 64, 65

Virginia, University of 39, 62, 65, 83

Vitruvius 80, 81

Voltaire 37

W

Westminster, Palace of 33–5, 51, 113

Whitehall, Banqueting House 72

Wieskirche, Bavaria 59, 60, 61

Woolworth Building, New York 93

Wordsworth, William 31

Wren, Sir Christopher 72

Wright, Frank Lloyd 48, 52, 53, 70, 97

Z

Zazie dans le métro 97

Zeus 82

Zimmerman, Dominikus 60

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Introduction

1 Buildings have meaning

2 Growth of the Western tradition

3 How buildings become great

Timeline

Glossary

Further reading

Index