This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters.
Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.
By:
Alan Colquhoun ( Professor Emeritus School of Architecture Princeton University) Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 168mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 534g ISBN:9780192842268 ISBN 10: 0192842269 Series:Oxford History of Art Pages: 288 Publication Date:01 July 2002 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Modern Architecture
`An informative, readable, and refreshingly undidactic introduction to avent-garde architecture in Europe and America.' Burlington Magazine