20th Century Architecture

Author: Jonathan Glancey
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book encompasses all modern architecture and introduces the major architectural movements of the 20th century and their representative figures, including Edwin Lutyens, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and others. Architecture is a visual representation of 20th-century history. The buildings in this book reflect the diversity and scale of the 20th century, including politics, industrial technology, the environment, and traditional concepts, all of which have had a profound impact on architecture. The book features buildings such as the Chrysler Building, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Le Corbusier's apartment buildings, the Lloyd's Building in London, and the Sydney Opera House.