With more than 280 entries, this architectural A–Z, now a part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the important thing players in the creation of up to date space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, in addition to a description of her or his vital work.
Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you’ll shuttle from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudí’s Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi’s sports and leisure center in a former factory website in São Paulo. You’ll take in Gio Ponti’s colored geometries, Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors of SANAA, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegant japonisme.
The book’s A to Z entries also cover groups, movements, and styles to position these leading individual architects within broader building trends across time and geography, including International Style, Bauhaus, De Stijl, and a lot more. With illustrations including one of the best architectural photography of the up to date era, it is a comprehensive resource for any architecture professional, student, or devotee.
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