Modern Architecture, Volume 2Modern Architecture/1 and 2 document the incredible diversity and change that have taken place in architectural and urban design during the past one hundred years. The informative text offers an in-depth analysis of societal forces shaping the landscape of modern architecture throughout Europe and the United States. Volume 1 covers issues ranging from urbanism and town planning at the turn of the century through the work of design groups such as the Deutsche Werkbund and individuals such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright to nationalistic and totalitarian architecture in Italy and Germany prior to and during the Second World War. Volume 2 traces concepts of urbanism and building theories after World War II through the 1970s, following the work of architects such as Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto as well as the younger generation of practitioners of international reputation and influence. Also includes information on Amsterdam (Holland), Barcelona (Spain), Basel (Switzerland), Peter Behrens, Berlin (Germany), Boston (Massachusetts), Brussels (Belgium), Cambridge (Massachusetts), Celle (Germany), Chandigarh (India), Chicago (Illinois), Como (Italy), Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), constructivism, Detroit (Michigan), Dusseldorf (Germany), Florence (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany). |
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ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE IN THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES | 219 |
NATIONALISTIC AND TOTALITARIAN ARCHITECTURE | 256 |
URBANISTIC ADMINISTRATION AND BUILDING POLICIES | 278 |
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