Architectural theory of modernism relating functions and forms

Architectural Theory of Modernism presents an overview of the discourse on function-form concepts from the beginnings, in the eighteenth century, to its peak in High Modernism. Functionalist thinking and its postmodern criticism during the second half of the twentieth century is explored, as well as...

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Main Author: Poerschke, Ute (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2016
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