Modern world architecture / Jonathan Glancey

By:

Glancey, Jonathan [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Cariton Books Limited, c2011Description: 480 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

9781847327291

Subject(s):

ARCHITECTURE, MODERN -- 20TH CENTURY

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	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Architecture	GC NA 680 .G53 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000007149

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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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