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 Series: Bibliotheca universalis (Taschen (Firm)): Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2016]Edition: [New edition]Description: 693 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 020787097ISBN: 9783836556316Other title: Modern architecture A to Z [Other title]Uniform titles: Moderne Architektur A-Z. English. Subject(s): Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Architecture, Modern -- 21st century | Architects -- BiographyDDC classification: 724| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With more than 280 entries, this architectural A-Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space . From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects 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 Gaudí's Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi 's sports and leisure center in a former factory site in São 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 also 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. Featuring modern architectural photography, this is a comprehensive source book for any architecture professional, student, or devotee.
Includes index.
Translated from the German.
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