MODERN ARCHITECTURE A Very Short Introduction
Somewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it's hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expensive buildings were transformed from ornamental fancies which referred to the classical and med...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Series: | Very short introductions
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Add Tag | Summary: | Somewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes vilified), it's hard to imagine how novel it once seemed. Expensive buildings were transformed from ornamental fancies which referred to the classical and medieval pasts into strikingly plain reflections of novel materials, functions, and technologies. Modern architecture promised the transformation of cities from overcrowded conurbations characterized by packed slums and dirty industries to spacious realms of generous housing and clean mechanized production set in parkland. At certain times and in certain cultures, it stood for the liberation of the future from the past. --Publisher |
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| Physical Description: | 165 pages illustrations 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index |
| ISBN: | 0198783442 9780198783442 |
A Modern theory of architecture