Modern Architecture
eBook - ePub

Modern Architecture

The Basics

  1. 284 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Modern Architecture

The Basics

About this book

Modern Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century. Broad definitions of modernity and postmodernity introduce the book, which comprises 24 short thematic chapters looking at the concepts behind the development of modern and postmodern architecture. These include major historical movements, key figures, and evolving building typologies. There is also an emphasis on the changing city during the 19th and 20th centuries. Approaches to representation and its impacts on architecture are studied, along with the changing global role of architecture as cultural expression. The book introduces new topics, including gender, race, postcolonialism, and indigeneity. An undaunting, contemporary, and inclusive account of modern architectural history, this is a must-read for all students of architecture as well as those outside the discipline approaching the subject for the first time.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Modernism and Postmodernism
  9. 2 Revolution and Republicanism
  10. 3 Picturesque and Sublime
  11. 4 Technology and Materials
  12. 5 Functionalism and Rationalism
  13. 6 Style and Nationalism
  14. 7 Urbanization and Landscape
  15. 8 Arts and Crafts
  16. 9 Ornament and Structure
  17. 10 Space and Form
  18. 11 Avant-Garde and Representation
  19. 12 Internationalism and Universalism
  20. 13 Machines and Systems
  21. 14 Authoritarianism and Monumentality
  22. 15 Vernacular and Tradition
  23. 16 Education and Professionalism
  24. 17 Gender and Discrimination
  25. 18 History and Order
  26. 19 Regionalism and Tectonics
  27. 20 Place and Invention
  28. 21 Theory and Practice
  29. 22 Postcolonialism and Hybridity
  30. 23 Race and Resistance
  31. 24 Environmentalism and Indigeneity
  32. Index