Florida-based architect, sculptor, photographer, artist, and author Treister offers an architect's perspective on the ancient Mayan temples of Central America. Photographs, drawings, diagrams, and painted reconstructions of scenes help him discuss simple principles of Maya architecture, what remains, building materials, building types, the Maya city, the collapse, the legacy in modern architecture, and other facets. Nearly 100 pages are devoted to lush photographic profiles of 10 Mayan cities. There is no index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)