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Modern world architecture / Jonathan Glancey

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Cariton Books Limited, c2011Description: 480 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781847327291
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 680 .G53 2011
Contents:
Arts and crafts -- Classicism -- Organic -- Modernism -- Postmodernism -- Robotic -- Cities -- Futures -- Iconic.
Summary: The brand new edition of this stunning volume covers the world's leading architects and architectural styles from the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900's to the Postmodernism of today. Focusing on one landmark structure per page, it explores the aesthetics and historical significance of 440 international masterworks, from New York City's famed Chrysler Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling water to Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing International Airport.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 680 .G53 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000007149

Includes index.

Arts and crafts -- Classicism -- Organic -- Modernism -- Postmodernism -- Robotic -- Cities -- Futures -- Iconic.

The brand new edition of this stunning volume covers the world's leading architects and architectural styles from the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900's to the Postmodernism of today. Focusing on one landmark structure per page, it explores the aesthetics and historical significance of 440 international masterworks, from New York City's famed Chrysler Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling water to Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing International Airport.

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