Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesWith a constant truth of perspective, Professor Hitchcock reveals a period in architecture which saw revolutionary changes in style, function and materials. The volume traces the development and progress of modern architecture from around 1800 until the middle of the twentieth century. |
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Part | 1 |
THE DOCTRINE OF J N L DURAND AND ITS APPLICATION IN NORTHERN | 20 |
FRANCE AND THE REST OF THE CONTINENT | 43 |
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American Antoni Gaudí arcade arches archi architects Architectural Review Art Nouveau Auguste Perret Baroque begun Berlin block of flats Boston brick building built Chapter character characteristic Chicago church City completed construction contemporary Corbusier Corbusier's decade decoration detail dome earlier early École des Beaux-Arts edifice England English example executed façade France Frank Lloyd Wright French Gaudí German Gothic Revival Grecian Greek Greek Revival Gropius Hall High Victorian Gothic Horta influence interior iron Italian late later Le Corbusier less London mansards masonry McKim Mead & White medieval modern architecture monuments moreover Munich Museum nineteenth century notable original Palace Paris Park pavilions period Perret Picturesque Plate pupil Renaissance Revival Richardson rivals Romantic Classicism roof Rundbogenstil scale Schinkel Second Empire Shaw Shaw's skyscrapers sort square storeys Street structure style stylistic Sullivan tall tecture terrace tion tower traditional twenties Vienna walls York