The bestselling 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant or thought-provoking ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using 300 words and one picture: all easily digested in a spare half a minute. 30-Second Architecture presents you with the foundations of architectural knowledge. Expert authors are challenged to define and describe both the principles upon which architects depend, and the styles with which they put those principles into practice. So, if you want to know your arch from your elevation, and your Baroque from your Brutalism, or you wish to end your next dinner party with a stirring speech about Sustainable Architecture, this is the quickest way to construct your argument.