Modern Architecture Since 1900

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ISBN: 9780714833569 | 0714833568
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/27/1996

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Since its first publication in 1985, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, the book combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Throughout the book, the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. The third edition incorporates much new knowledge and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. c.650 illustrations, 300 in color.

Prefaces	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
The Idea of a Modern Architecture in the Nineteenth Century	p. 21
Industrialization and the City: The Skyscraper as Type and Symbol	p. 33
The Search for New Forms and the Problem of Ornament	p. 53
Rationalism, the Engineering Tradition and Reinforced Concrete	p. 73
Arts and Crafts Ideals in Britain and the U.S.A.	p. 87
Responses to Mechanization: The Deutscher Werkbund and Futurism	p. 99
The Architectural System of Frank Lloyd Wright	p. 113
National Myths and Classical Transformations	p. 131
Cubism, De Stijl and New Conceptions of Space	p. 149
Le Corbusier's Quest for Ideal Form	p. 163
Walter Gropius, German Expressionism and the Bauhaus	p. 183
Architecture and Revolution in Russia	p. 201
Skyscraper and Suburb: The U.S.A. Between the Wars	p. 217
The Ideal Community: Alternatives to the Industrial City	p. 241
The International Style, the Individual Talent and the Myth of Functionalism	p. 257
The Image and Idea of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye at Poissy	p. 275
The Continuity of Older Traditions	p. 289
Nature and the Machine: Mies Van Der Rohe, Wright and Le Corbusier in the 1930S	p. 305
The Spread of Modern Architecture to Britain and Scandinavia	p. 329
Totalitarian Critiques of the Modern Movement	p. 351
International, National, Regional: The Diversity of a New Tradition	p. 371
Modern Architecture in the U.S.A.: Immigration and Consolidation	p. 395
Form and Meaning in the Late Works of Le Corbusier	p. 417
The Unite D'habitation at Marseilles as a Collective Housing Prototype	p. 437
Alvar Aalto and Scandinavian Developments	p. 453
Disjunctions and Continuities in the Europe of the 1950S	p. 471
The Process of Absorption: Latin America, Australia, Japan	p. 491
On Monuments and Monumentality: Louis I. Kahn	p. 513
Architecture and Anti-Architecture in Britain	p. 529
Extension and Critique in the 1960S	p. 547
Modernity, Tradition and Identity in the Developing World	p. 567
Pluralism in the 1970S	p. 589
Modern Architecture and Memory: New Perceptions of the Past	p. 617
The Universal and the Local: Landscape, Climate and Culture	p. 635
Technology, Abstraction and Ideas of Nature	p. 657
Conclusion: Modernity, Tradition, Authenticity	p. 685
Bibliographical Note	p. 690
Notes	p. 693
Index	p. 720
Acknowledgements	p. 735
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