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PREFACEixcould be included in realistic itineraries are located mainly within WesternEurope, and to a more limited extent in North America. Regardingbuilding typology, domestic dwellings are excluded from the study due todifficulties accessing them and there being no lack of more public alternatives.A wide range of building sizes is included, but no emphasis isplaced on heroic long-span or high-rise structures whose scale can limittheir relevance as precedents for the more modestly scaled designsundertaken by architectural students and most architects. Concern forthe buildings’ relevance to readers has also led to a concentration oncontemporary buildings, with most completed during or since the1990s.Andrew W. Charleson