Main entry:

Colquhoun, Alan, 1921-2012.

Title & Author:

Modern architecture / Alan Colquhoun.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Series:

Oxford history of art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-269) and index.
Art Nouveau 1890-1910 -- Organicism versus Classicism: Chicago 1890-1910 -- Culture and industry: Germany 1907-14 -- The urn and the chamberpot: Adolf Loos 1900-30 -- Expressionism and futurism -- The Avant-gardes in Holland and Russia -- Return to order: Le Corbusier and modern architecture in France 1920-35 -- Weimar Germany: the dialectic of the modern 1920-33 -- From rationalism to revisionism: architecture in Italy 1920-65 -- Neoclassicism, organicism, and the welfare state: architecture in Scandinavia 1910-65 -- From Le Corbusier to megastructures: urban visions 1930-65 -- Pax Americana: architecture in America 1945-65.

Summary:

In this study of the international modern movement in architecture Alan Colquhoun explores the complex motivations behind its revolutionary new style and assesses its triumphs and failures.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0192842269 (paperback)
9780192842268 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Architektur Geschichte 20. Jh.
Architektur Moderne 0 Gesamtdarstellung.
Architektur Geschichte 1890-1965.
Arquitetura moderna (história) Século 20.
Architettura 1890-1965.

Added entries:

Oxford history of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223449
Call No.: NA680 .C6 2002
Status: Available