Houses - a history

Through the ages, human beings have asked the basic questions

• how can we shelter ourselves from the elements

• how should we construct our homes

and come up with many creative solutions

Here is the story of houses and housing styles - from the first straw huts to medieval castles to the apartment buildings of modern day.

"Houses" is one of a series of unique and fascinating books by Piero Ventura which have been published in twenty countries and translated into fifteen languages, from Greenlandic to Japanese.

They are noted for their finely detailed, humor-filled illustrations and enlightening text.

So click here now to discover the history of Houses

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