American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century

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Автор: Heyer, Paul

Название: American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century

Издательство: Wiley

Год: 2008

Формат: PDF

Размер: 13,1 mb

Страниц: 304

Язык: English

A landmark successor to the acknowledged classic, Architects on Architecture American Architecture Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century Paul Heyer From the author of the best-selling Architects on Architecture, here is an important new contribution to the history and theory of modern architecture. Arriving at an intriguing time of reevaluation of the early modern movement and growing sensitivities to historicism and cultural connectivity, this sequel offers a striking picture of much of the best work produced by Americas leading architects in the late twentieth century. Readers will receive an unprecedented look at the work of more than one hundred of the most important, most influential contemporary architects, examined in light of the evolution of new ideas and the advent of new technology. More than five hundred illustrations go beyond illumination of the text to function as an extraordinary pictorial history of the architects artistry.