{"product_id":"modern-architecture-neil-levine-9780300145670","title":"Modern Architecture: Representation \u0026 Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn original and absorbing interpretation of the history of modern architecture, focusing on a continuous historical development rather than on issues of style \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this handsome book, esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates for the first time the complex history of representation--the use and meaning of architectural signifiers--from the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, including Étienne-Louis Boullée, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Louis Kahn, Henri Labrouste, Augustus Welby Pugin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Soane, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Frank Lloyd Wright.\u003cp\u003eLevine posits that all modern architects, much like visual artists, have had to grapple with issues of representation in their work. Interweaving influential examples from outside the scope of modern architecture, Levine traces the history of representation in architecture, and in writings on architecture, both within each architect's oeuvre and throughout the centuries discussed. The book features previously unpublished images, many created for this publication, and it addresses a variety of specific cases while offering an original and panoramic view of the history of architecture. Beautifully written and accessible, \u003ci\u003eModern Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300145675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300145670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 9.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010","brand":"Neil Levine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447612059903,"sku":"9780300145670","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd134f94-4a63-43df-9e27-938db0f8af59.jpg?v=1777233853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modern-architecture-neil-levine-9780300145670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}