Why on earth would anyone build that : modern architecture explained / John Zukowsky.

Main entry:

Zukowsky, John, 1948- author.

Title & Author:

Why on earth would anyone build that : modern architecture explained / John Zukowsky.

Publication:

New York, NY : Prestel Publishing, 2015.
©2015

Description:

224 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.
Introduction -- Triumph of geometry -- Space age -- Making a statement -- Skyscraper style -- Homage to the past.

Summary:

"John Zukowsky selects 100 modern buildings-from the unusual to the truly avant-garde- and examines their design and purpose, as well as the reaction they provoked when they were built."

ISBN:

9783791381336 paperback
3791381334 paperback

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291181
Call No.: BIB 234603
Status: Available

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