Modern Foreign Architecture: Twenty Lectures (Illustrated Treasures Edition)

Author: Wu Huajia
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is presented in the form of lectures, tracing the emergence and development of modern architecture over the past two centuries against the backdrop of major historical and social changes, as well as the impact of scientific progress and intellectual renewal on architectural development. It includes topics such as "Skyscrapers," "Explorers," "The Tide of the Times," "Chinese-American Architect I.M. Pei," and "Postmodern Architecture."