Features every distinguished and ground-breaking structure of the twentieth century, from Sir Edwin Lutyens' Deanery Garden to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum, arranged by style. Newbridge Architects' & Designers' Book Club Main.
Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
This book is an expanded and completely revised edition of Abrams' Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture, published in 1964. With more than 350 entries, this handy new [1986] reference work covers...
Looks at 20th century architecture by focusing on buildings for residence including houses, apartments, hotels, camps and dormitories and buildings for gatherings including churches, theaters, and auditoriums. Also looks at...
Three more time divisions follow and a concise compendium of architect biographies ends the volume.
Twentieth-century Architecture in the Netherlands
For undergraduate courses in the History of Twentieth Century Architecture, History of Modern Architecture, History of Twentieth Century Art and Architecture, as well as courses in Material Culture Studies. This...
Encyclopedia of 20th-century architecture: P-Z, index. Vol. 3
language reference works on architects and architecture for the general public . Frank Lloyd Wright , Le Corbusier , and Robert Venturi are listed in the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects , 4 : 434-48 ; 2 : 630-48 ; and 4 : 305-8 ...
This book looks at approaches to appraising and conserving mainstream architecture of the 20th century - commercial buildings, industrial buildings and housing.
Twentieth-century Architecture and Its Histories