This book on 20th-century architecture places the emphasis on individual architects, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. It also provides treatment of technical, economic, social and intellectual developments, incorporating new knowledge and research. It places a greater emphasis on regional identity and variety, and this edition includes three new chapters on recent developments, and considerably more illustrations than the previous edition.

Modern Architecture Since 1900

Arts & Photography

Curtis, William R.

Curtis, William J.R.

Architecture

Pearson College Div

Describes notable examples of modern architecture, and discusses important movements, architects, and architectural theories

PRENTICE/HALL

Modern Architecture was evolved less than a century ago to reconcile an idealized vision of society with the force of the industrial revolution.

Modern Architecture since 1900

Oxford (Phaidon)

Le Corbusier has been one of the dominant forces in 20th-century architecture, and many of the forms he created have become archetypes of modernism. This book provides a comprehensive survey that puts Le Corbusier's career into a more balanced perspective.

Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms

Phaidon Press

Denys Lasdun is a major British architect of the twentieth century whose work has long since achieved international recognition. In this first, in-depth study to place his contribution in a historical perspective. William Curtis delves into the ideas and guiding myths behind Lasdun's forms and shows how his architecture fits into both the British and international modern movements, and how it is indebted to classical and earlier traditions. The study is based upon exhaustive study of primary documentary sources and over twenty years of dialogue with the architect. It sheds light on the meaning of such key works as the Bethnal Green housing clusters (1952-4), the Royal College of Physicians (1959), the University of East Anglia (1962), the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg (1973) and the Hurva Synagogue project for Jerusalem (1979). Two chapters are devoted to the social history and design process of the National Theatre, first for the unbuilt project for a National Theatre and Opera House (1965), and then for the finished National Theatre alone on its present site (1967). Transactions between architect and society are central to the study. The book explores Lasdun's idea of architecture as 'urban landscape', in which buildings are thought of as 'hills and valleys', with towers, terraces and platforms (sometimes called 'strata') forming the generic features. It also deals with the ways in which he has extended the principles of the modern masters into new expressive territories, especially in the design of institutional buildings. Lasdun has absorbed, and transformed, influences as diverse as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mackintosh and Hawksmoor, but behind his work there is also a driving preoccupation with institutions, the city and 'nature'. Lasdun is a unique figure who cannot be slotted into any 'ism'. His work rests on a foundation of consistent principles and transcends passing fashions. At a time when discussions of modern architecture frequently resort to caricature, this is a well-documented and well-balanced assessment supplying invaluable insights into British architectural history of the past sixty years, and contributing to a much fuller understanding of the notion of a modern tradition.

Denys Lasdun

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Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value.
For the third edition, the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Seven chapters are entirely new, including expanded coverage of recent world architecture.
Described by James Ackerman of Harvard University as "immeasurably the finest work covering this field in existence", this book presents a penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, tracing the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms across the world and throughout the century."

History & Criticism

This work on 20th-century architecture combines a clear general outline with analysis and interpretation of particular buildings. While technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are fully treated, the final emphasis is on individuals and on the qualities that give buildings their lasting value.

Denys Lasdun: Architecture, City, Landscape

La Arquitectura Moderna Desde 1900 (Modern Architecture Since 1900, 3rd Edition) (Spanish Edition)

An expanded edition on the master of Modernism, Le Corbusier, by award&amp;hyphen;winning architectural historian William J. R. Curtis.
Originally published in 1996 to critical fanfair, scholar William J.R. Curtis has re&amp;hyphen;issued his classic text with extensive new scholarship and contemporary research that continues the high standard of the original. Presented chronologically with a clear narrative, Curtis has worked tirelessly not only to document Le Corbusier’s key projects in detail but to contextualize them within the architect’s overarching philosophy of urbanism and art and the pervading culture of Le Corbusier’s time. With full access to the renowned Le Corbusier archive, Curtis’ text is lavishly illustrated with new photographs, plans and original sketches and a fresh new design.
Praise for the first edition:
"This is not only the best single work on Le Corbusier – a model of scholarship, erudite yet eminently readable – it is also an invaluable analysis of the creative architectural process. It should be read and re&amp;hyphen;read by every student of architecture." – Building Design
"William J. R. Curtis is the best architectural historian writing in the English language." – Chicago Tribune

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Modern Architecture Since 1900

Modern Architecture Since 1900

Modern Architecture since 1900

Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms

Denys Lasdun

Modern Architecture Since 1900

Modern Architecture Since 1900

Denys Lasdun: Architecture, City, Landscape

La Arquitectura Moderna Desde 1900 (Modern Architecture Since 1900, 3rd Edition) (Spanish Edition)

Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms