Key Modern Architects
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Key Modern Architects

50 Short Histories of Modern Architecture

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Key Modern Architects

50 Short Histories of Modern Architecture

About this book

Key Modern Architects provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the work of the most significant architects of the modern era. Fifty short chapters introduce fifty key architects, from Le Corbusier to Aldo Van Eyck to Zaha Hadid, exploring their most influential buildings and developing a critique of each architect's work within a broader cultural and historical context. The selection represents the most influential architects working from 1890 to the present, those most likely to be taught on survey courses in modern architectural history, along with some lesser-known names with an equal claim to influence. Emphasis is placed on a critical and interpretative approach, allowing the student to position each architect in a cultural and intellectual context quickly and easily. Artistic, technical, social, and intellectual developments are brought to the fore – built and unbuilt projects, writings and influences. This approach brings to light the ideology behind architectural work, offering insights into each architect's working practice. - Helps students to develop a critical approach to understanding modern architectural history. - One chapter per architect – meaning chapters may be read individually as a concise resource for the study of an architect, or together as a coherent book-length history of the whole period of modern architecture. - Chapters are supported by boxed lists of each architect's most significant projects, along with suggestions for further reading as a springboard to further study and research. Combining the clarity and accessibility of a textbook with in-depth reading and a critical approach, Key Modern Architects provides an invaluable resource for both the classroom and for independent study in architectural and art history.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781474265034
eBook ISBN
9781474265058
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Louis Sullivan
  5. 2 Otto Wagner
  6. 3 Adolf Loos
  7. 4 Peter Behrens
  8. 5 Auguste Perret
  9. 6 Frank Lloyd Wright
  10. 7 Antonio Sant’Elia/Futurism
  11. 8 Bruno Taut
  12. 9 Erich Mendelsohn
  13. 10 Walter Gropius
  14. 11 Theo Van Doesburg and De Stijl
  15. 12 El Lissitzky/Constructivism
  16. 13 Konstantin Melnikov
  17. 14 Hannes Meyer
  18. 15 László Moholy-Nagy
  19. 16 Grete Schütte-Lihotzky
  20. 17 Rudolph Schindler
  21. 18 Le Corbusier
  22. 19 Mies van der Rohe
  23. 20 Hans Scharoun
  24. 21 Eileen Gray
  25. 22 Gunnar Asplund
  26. 23 Alvar Aalto
  27. 24 Oscar Niemeyer
  28. 25 Buckminster Fuller
  29. 26 Charles and Ray Eames
  30. 27 Louis Kahn
  31. 28 Aldo Van Eyck
  32. 29 Alison and Peter Smithson
  33. 30 Kenzo Tange
  34. 31 Lina Bo Bardi
  35. 32 Carlo Scarpa
  36. 33 James Stirling
  37. 34 Archigram
  38. 35 Cedric Price
  39. 36 Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
  40. 37 Aldo Rossi
  41. 38 Geoffrey Bawa
  42. 39 Balkrishna Doshi
  43. 40 Richard Meier
  44. 41 Norman Foster
  45. 42 Álvaro Siza
  46. 43 Rem Koolhaas/OMA
  47. 44 Daniel Libeskind
  48. 45 Frank Gehry
  49. 46 Zaha Hadid
  50. 47 Tadao Ando
  51. 48 Herzog and De Meuron
  52. 49 Peter Zumthor
  53. 50 Kengo Kuma
  54. References
  55. Index
  56. Image Permissions