After the success of Another History of Art, El Barroquista returns with an essential book that invites us to reflect on why architecture is the best antidote to historical oblivion.

Do you know why you live better in your house than Catherine the Great in the winter palace of St. Petersburg or Louis XVI in Versailles?

Why Queen Elizabeth II of England left her official residence for her private chateau with its much smaller rooms as soon as she could?

What lessons and controversies does the famous Eiffel Tower hide?

The house you go to bed and wake up in every day is architecture. The school where you studied is architecture. Just like the office where you work, the gymnasium, the cinema, the discotheque or the museums where you spend your free time? Architecture accompanies us - in a more or less evident way - in each of our daily steps, and influences our lives more than any other creative discipline. And yet... we don't pay any attention to it!

This book brings together fundamental concepts and all the keys to analyse architecture beyond the clichés, teaches us to appreciate the different types of buildings to understand how each of them was designed to satisfy different functions depending on the time and place, and opens our eyes to the social and cultural differences through the history of buildings.

Publisher: B