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Title: Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William J.R. Curtis ISBN: 0-7148-3356-8 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 27 June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exceptional book
Comment: Since several others have shared similar comments, all I can do is confirm that this is truly an exceptional book, filled with very informative and well-written text and many rare illustrations.
Rating: 5
Summary: Changed my life - literally
Comment: During sophomore year at a small liberal arts college, I was an art history major who just happened to take "The History of Modern Architecture." Our literature for the 20th century was this book. May I add that by the end of the semester (and the book, I DARE you to read all of it) I decided to become an architect? This sort of critical survey changes the way you look at buildings, especially in the United States where so much of our architecture IS relatively modern or somehow fits into the grand scheme of modern architecture. Its a tough read at times, but it has been my Bible to use as a reference, as inspiration. The thing weighs a TON and you can bet I lugged it with me all the way to Italy when I studied there for a year! So if think architecture might be interesting to you but you don't know much about it, PLEASE buy this book. It is a fantastic resource and a very rewarding read. Thorough, with lots of pictures and a great flow and organization. If anything, it will give you an incredibly new appreciation of the architecture around us.
Rating: 5
Summary: A very impressive survey of Modern Architecture
Comment: Modern Architecture since 1900 is an impressive overview, delving into the late 18th century and 19th century roots as well. Mr. Curtis approaches the subject thematically which makes it easier for the reader to understand the many currents in modern architecture. As one would expect Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe figure prominantly in this work. However, the author examines the influences on their work, as well as the impact they had on modern architecture, providing many intriguing links, such as the one between Wright and Mies.
The chapters which particularly stood out in my mind were "Architecture and Revolution in Russia" and "Totalitarian Critiques on the Modern Movement." In the first mentioned chapter, Curtis charted the rise of the avant-garde in Russia, its leading figures, and its confrontation with the Constructivists. In the second mentioned chapter, Curtis examined the attitudes toward modern architecture by Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, who was the only one of the three to accept modern architecture. Like all his chapters, Curtis presents the information in a clear cogent format.
Most illucidating is the widespread influence of modern architecture in Asia, Central and South America. He focuses primarily on India, Mexico, and Brazil, illustrating how modern architecture has been adapted to suit the cultural as well as climactic concerns of these countries. Le Corbusier looms large. But Curtis also notes the regional influences that led to counter movements, such as that inspired by Hassan Fathy.
Curtis is critical of the current trends in contemporary architecture. He questions the integrity of the latter-day modernists, post-modernists and deconstructionists. He is drawn more to the individual works of Norman Foster, Renzo Piano and Frank Gehry, which he feels express a deeper understanding of modern architectural principles.
One couldn't ask for more in this book. It is the most impressive survey of modern architecture since Giedion's "Space, Time and Architecture."
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Title: Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture by Ulrich Conrads ISBN: 0262530309 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 1975 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Modern Architecture: A Critical History (World of Art) by Kenneth Frampton ISBN: 0500202575 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier ISBN: 0486250237 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Building Construction Illustrated, 3rd Edition by Francis D. K. Ching, Cassandra Adams ISBN: 0471358983 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 02 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Building Construction : Materials and Methods by Edward Allen ISBN: 0471183490 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 20 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $99.00 |
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