Modern architecture A-Z / edited by Aurelia & Balthazar Taschen ; with texts by Katja Gazey, Peter Gössel, Cara Mullio, Uwe Ramlow, Graziella Roccella, Eva Schickler, Eberhard Syring, Lisa Unger ; translation: First Edition Translations Ltd.
Language: English Original language: German Publication details: Cologne : Taschen, 2016.Edition: New editionDescription: 693 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cmISBN:- 9783836556316 :
- Modern architecture A to Z [Other title]
- Moderne Architektur A-Z. English.
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 724 MOD | Available | 069772 |
Includes index.
Translated from the German.
Formerly CIP. Uk
"With more than 280 entries, this architectural A-Z offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. Pioneering architects from the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work.
Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you'll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudi's Palau Guell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi's sports and leisure center in a former factory site in Sao Paulo. You'll take in Gio Ponti's colored geometries, Zaha Hadid's free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors of SANAA, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh's unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegant japonisme.
The book's A to Z entries, with some of the best architectural photography of the modern era, cover groups, movements, and styles to position these leading individual architects within broader building trends across time and geography, including International Style, Bauhaus, De Stijl, and much more." -- Inside cover
