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An unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day Ornament Is Crime is a celebratio......more
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Taking a closer look at the primary influence on Canadian architectural modernism: the B.C. Binning House....more
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This illustrated edition captures the city’s architecture and constructions built between 1890-1930. Over 300+ photograp......more
Architecture is conventionally seen as being synonymous with building. In contrast, this book introduces and defines a n......more
Shines a light on Detroit architect Wirt Rowland who, until now, has largely slipped into obscurity. In the early 1900s,......more
The acclaimed survey of the life and works of the celebrated Italian modernist master, available for the first time in p......more
In May 1939, the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright visited London and gave four lectures at the Royal Ins......more
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The first history of Frank Lloyd Wright s exhibitions of his own work--a practice central to his career More than one hu......more
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It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pione......more
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Twentieth-century architect Frederick Kiesler s innovative multidisciplinary practice responded to the ever-changing nee......more
Spurred by ideals of individual liberty that took hold in the Western world in the late nineteenth century, psychiatrist......more
Building Histories offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi--the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama......more
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Of the many recipients of federal support during the Great Depression, the citizens of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, stand out ......more
This stunning volume presents the result of a major undertaking by photographer Niels Lehmann and researcher Christoph R......more
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The Optimum Imperative examines architecture s multiple entanglements within the problematics of Socialist lifestyle in ......more
An introductory lecture with slides, Bern, Switzerland, June 29, 1921 (CW 290) Rudolf Steiner gave thousands of lectures......more
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Rise of the Modern Hospital is a focused examination of hospital design in the United States from the 1870s through the ......more
Scottish architect, designer, and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was one of the earliest pioneers of mode......more
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In 1904, renowned architect Daniel Burnham, the Progressive Era urban planner who famously Made No Little Plans, set o......more
Architect Albert Frey (1903-1998) saw a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Cor......more
In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining "form-givers of the 20th century." Today, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981......more
Walter Gropius (1883-1969) set out to build for the future. As the founding director of the Bauhaus, the Berlin-born arc......more
Rhythm in Architecture is the first ever translation into English of a key early Modernist text, written by the celebrat......more
5 lectures, Dornach, Switzerland, October 10-25, 1914 (CW 287) At the outbreak of World War I, August 1914, the construc......more
When the Pioneer Press Building opened its doors in 1889, it was news. The twelve-story skyscraper, the tallest at the t......more
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Once an architectural project has emerged from the perfect atmosphere of the computer, the drawings and the 3-D models, ......more
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Scholars have long stressed the problem of ornament and expression when considering Viennese modernism. By the first dec......more
In 2008, Leonardo Finotti was invited by MoMA s chief curator, Barry Bergdoll, to be part of a tribute exhibition for a ......more
Real estate developers are integral to understanding the split narratives of twentieth-century American urban history. R......more
Before aesthete, designer, and architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) came along, Austrian architecture and design was suf......more
Two main types of residential architecture have dominated the architecture in the Fujian region in China. They, known as......more
Modern treasures: Discoveries from the Julius Shulman vaults The photography of Julius Shulman (1910-2009) transported a......more
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Dublin s Ha penny Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. Designed by Coalbrookdale in Shropshire and erected in Dubli......more
"These beautiful plates feature wonderful aspects of this revolutionary architecture including grand staircases, wrought......more
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This unique building-per-year survey of a century of great architecture offers a superb introduction to the best existin......more
The essays in Moving Modernisms: Motion, Technology, and Modernity, written by renowned international scholars, open up ......more
We have a rich heritage of railway buildings, some over 180 years old. This guide gives an overview of one of the most d......more
The Battle of the Somme was the most devastating engagement in which British troops fought during the First World War. T......more
The prominent architect Felix Novikov was born in 1927, when the famous Constructivist Konstantin Melnikov was at the pe......more
With more than 280 entries, this architectural A-Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensa......more
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As rigorous as it is sumptuous, the work of Roger Ferris + Partners blends high style and modernist principles. This is ......more
A compelling call to apply Buckminster Fuller s creative problem solving to present-day problemsA self-professed compre......more
Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a flamboyant character whose presence in the cultural hotbed of early 1900s Vienna galvanized......more
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This overview looks at ships and boats built after 1840. Principally drawing on archaeological, technological and histor......more
The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) The most comprehensive book on architect......more
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A recent surge of interest in Jewish patronage during the golden years of Vienna has led to the question, Would modernis......more
This is the first book in a three-volume series on architectural history, richly illustrated and written for the general......more
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Internationally renowned and award-winning historian Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt’s The Evidence Room is a chilling explorati......more
There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of eve......more
There was a time when seeing a movie meant more than seeing a film. The theater itself shaped the very perception of eve......more
Marking the centennial of the 1916 establishment of a professional program, Pedagogy and Place is the definitive text on......more
Now available in an updated edition, this book examines the tumultuous history of Bauhaus art and design. This lively in......more
Lost Ireland: 1860-1960 presents a panoramic sweep of Ireland’s forgotten built heritage. From war and insurrection, to ......more
Juan Jos Lahuerta s Columns of Smoke series offers bold new readings of modernity and its key figures while redefining t......more
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Art Nouveau was deliberately nouveau. With a spirit of willful reform, this "New Art" style between the 1880s and the Fi......more