Modern Architecture - Couverture souple

Scully, Vincent

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807603341 ISBN 13 : 9780807603345

Editeur : George Braziller Inc, 2003

Synopsis

From Louis Sullivan's first successful attempts to give steel construction its own form and expression, to city planning, contemporary megastructures, public housing, and the Mobile Home, Vincent Scully examines the significant aspects of modern architecture. Applying his considerable talents as a passionate and engaging writer and thinker, Scully explores the most important figures and developments in architecture during this period: Art Nouveau in Europe, Gropius and the Bauhaus, and Russian Constructivism, as well as the contributions of Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Louis I. Khan, and Robert Venturi. 190 b/w illustrations.

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À propos de l'auteur

Vincent Scully has been widely honored as one of the most gifted historians and critics of architecture. He is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Miami. Other publications include The Shingle Style Today (2003) and Frank Lloyd Wright (1960).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: George Braziller Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807603341
• ISBN 13: 9780807603345
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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