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Key Modern Architects: 50 Short Histories of Modern Architecture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781474265034)
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xKey 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 Architectsprovides an invaluable resource for both the classroom and for independent study in architectural and art history.
Author: Andrew Higgott
ISBN-10: 1474265030
ISBN-13: 9781474265034
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2019
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 Architectsprovides an invaluable resource for both the classroom and for independent study in architectural and art history.
Author: Andrew Higgott
ISBN-10: 1474265030
ISBN-13: 9781474265034
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2019
By Andrew Higgott
xAndrew Higgott has taught the history and theory of architecture for over twenty five years, at the Architectural Association in London and at the University of East London. He has also lectured at Cornell University, the Bartlett School, and the Royal College of Art.
His published works include Mediating Modernism (2007) and Camera Constructs (2012).Recently Viewed Products
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