History of modern architecture /
Leonardo Benevolo
- London, United Kingdom : Routledge and K. Paul, c1971
- xxxiv, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Volume One .
Includes bibliographical references.
The tradition of modern architecture-- Birth and development of the industrial town-- The debate on the industrial town-- The industrial city in America-- European avant-garde movements from 1899 to 1914-- The modern movement.
The task of a history of modern architecture is to present contemporary events within the framework of their immediate precursors; it must, therefore, go far enough into past history to make a complete understanding of the present possible and to set contemporary events in adequate historical perspective.