| Description |
255 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart -- Ch. 2. Hugo Haring, Garkau Farm near Lubeck -- Ch. 3. Walter Gropius, The Bauhaus, Dessau -- Ch. 4. Jan Duiker, Zonnestraal Sanatorium, Hilversum -- Ch. 5. Bruno Taut, Onkel Tom Housing, Berlin-Zehlendorf -- Ch. 6. Erich Mendelsohn, Schocken Store, Stuttgart -- Ch. 7. Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy -- Ch. 8. Alvar Aalto, Viipuri Library, Karelia -- Ch. 9. Pier Luigi Nervi, Aircraft Hangars, Orvieto -- Ch. 10. Giuseppe Terragni, Casa del Fascio, Como -- Ch. 11. Erik Gunnar Asplund, Lawcourts Extension, Gothenburg -- Ch. 12. Frank Lloyd Wright, Usonian House, Alabama -- Ch. 13. Hans Scharoun, National Theatre Project, Mannheim -- Ch. 14. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin -- Ch. 15. Sigurd Lewerentz, St. Peter's Church Klippan -- Ch. 16. Louis Kahn, Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth |
| Summary |
"Modern Architecture Through Case Studies is a perceptive and informative reappraisal of the Modern Movement in architecture, written with a clarity and verve that make it accessible to both students and practitioners. It looks at specific built designs to highlight the problems, as well as the rich possibilities, of Modernism."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Case studies.
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Modern movement (Architecture) -- Europe -- Case studies.
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Modern movement (Architecture) -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| LC no. |
2002071176 |
| ISBN |
0750638052 |
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9780750638050 hardback |
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