Modern architecture through case studies / Peter Blundell Jones.

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Blundell-Jones, Peter.

Title & Author:

Modern architecture through case studies / Peter Blundell Jones.

Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2002.

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-249) and index.
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.
Also issued online.

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."--Cover.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0750638052
9780750638050

Subject:

Modern movement (Architecture) Europe Case studies.
Modern movement (Architecture) United States Case studies.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Europe Études de cas.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) États-Unis Études de cas.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Arquitetura moderna Europa.
Architecture Europe History 20th century Case studies.
Architecture United States History 20th century Case studies.
Europe
United States
Europa

Form/genre:

Case studies
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226068
Call No.: NA958.5.M63 B5 2002
Status: Available

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