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Modern World Architecture: Classic Buildings of Our Time

Jonathan Glancey

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The brand new edition of this stunning volume covers the world's leading architects and architectural styles from the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s to the Postmodernism of today. Focusing on one landmark structure per page, it explores the esthetics and historical significance of 440 international masterworks, from New York City's famed Chrysler Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater to Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing International Airport.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Hardcover

Release: July 05, 2011

ISBN 13: 9781847327291

Modern World Architecture: Classic Buildings of Our Time

Jonathan Glancey

0/5 ( ratings)

The brand new edition of this stunning volume covers the world's leading architects and architectural styles from the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s to the Postmodernism of today. Focusing on one landmark structure per page, it explores the esthetics and historical significance of 440 international masterworks, from New York City's famed Chrysler Building and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater to Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Beijing International Airport.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Hardcover

Release: July 05, 2011

ISBN 13: 9781847327291

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