Detailed item info | Details | | Editor: | Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Richard Koshalek, Russell Ferguson, Zeynep Celik |
| | Size | | Length: | 336 pages | | Height: | 12.3 in. | | Width: | 10.3 in. | | Thickness: | 1.5 in. | | Weight: | 93.6 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | A comprehensive and up-to-date survey of 20th century architecture, this volume presents a global perspective on the significant works, architects, ideas, and directions of the past 100 years. 316 illustrations, 148 in color.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of 20th-century architecture ever published, this volume presents a global perspective on the significant works, architects, ideas, and directions of the past 100 years. With more than 300 illustrations, it covers all of the major architectural landmarks and architects of the century and incorporates the latest research in the field.The authors are some of the most important and original architecture historians and critics writing today. Their profusely illustrated essays focus on the complex relationship between innovation and tradition and the profound impact of technology on architecture and urbanism throughout the 20th century.At the End of the Century was prepared by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, as part of an ambitious program to assess an amazing century of architecture and urbanism. A related exhibition begins in Japan in 1998 and comes to Los Angeles and then New York City in 2000.Richard Koshalek is director, and Elizabeth A.T. Smith is curator, at The Museum of Contemporary Art.A Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, The History Book Club,and the Quality Paperback Book Club
| | Industry reviews | This thick catalog presents seven thematic essays by leading scholars and commentators on 20th-century architecture, covering such topics as Latin America, Japan, urbanism, regionalism, and "The Exhibitionist House." The essays vary in usefulness and value, from Beatriz Colomina's pungent commentaries on modern housing prototypes presented at international exhibitions to Anthony Vidler's highly abstract treatment of the space-time continuum. The authors have taken pains to include as much regionalist material as possible; indeed, the character of modern architecture morphs from internationalism into regionalism under the impact of this fair-sized volume. The result is a more politically correct treatment of modern architecture. The catalog accompanies an exhibition of the same name that will appear at leading museums around the world over the next two years, but the text will limit the book's appeal to serious readers. Peter S. Kaufman, Boston Architectural Ctr.
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