Architecture of the 20th century in drawings : utopia and reality / Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.

Main entry:

Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio, 1951-

Title & Author:

Architecture of the 20th century in drawings : utopia and reality / Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1982.

Description:

195 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Architektur unseres Jahrhunderts in Zeichnungen.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fragments of a history of architectural drawing in the twentieth century -- The myth of nature as model: from Frank Lloyd Wright to Eero Saarinen -- The breakthrough of subjective expression: from Bruno Taut to Paolo Soleri -- The aesthetics of reason: from Tony Garnier to Richard Meier -- The fascination of technology: from Richard Buckminster Fuller to Norman Foster -- The ambivalence of tradition: from Heinrich Tessenow to Michael Graves -- Towards a new autonomy: from Louis Kahn to Aldo Rossi.

Summary:

Renderings and sketches by famous 20th century architects.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

084780464X
9780847804641

Subject:

Architectural drawing 20th century.
Dessin d'architecture 20e siècle.
Architectural drawing.

Added entries:

Architecture of the twentieth century in drawings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120872
Call No.: 0004947 11510 PO323; ID:85-B2045
Status: Available

Location: Library main 120871
Call No.: 0004947; ID:85-B2045
Status: Available

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