20 Lectures on Modern Foreign Architecture

Author: Wu Huajia
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Features: Professor Wu Huajia has long taught the History of Modern Foreign Architecture at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. He has authored works such as The History of Modern Foreign Architecture, The Story of the History of Modern Foreign Architectural Science, Twentieth-Century Western Architectural Masterpieces, and On Modern Western Architecture. Professor Wu has conducted extensive research on Western architectural trends, technological developments, architectural masters, social thought, and historical trends since the 20th century, offering his own unique insights and evaluations. 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 historical and social transformations, as well as the impact of scientific progress and intellectual renewal on architectural development. Overall, it remains a narrative within the framework of architectural history. However, unlike ancient architecture, the diversification of styles, the prominence of the role of architectural masters, and the evaluation of architectural works and trends make this book appear more branched and complex, with a richer and more varied structure compared to the discourse on ancient architecture.