Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The past up to 1945 -- Initiatives and trends after 1945 -- The evolution of knowledge -- Climate and energy: technical services of buildings -- The changing technology -- Buildings and structures -- Management and information -- Some spatial and social aspects -- A global survey: the future -- Appendix: chronology of inventions, innovations and innovative buildings from the end of the eighteenth century -- Name Index -- Author Index -- Subject Index.