CiNii Books - Modern architecture since 1900

Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. For the third edition, the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Seven chapters are entirely new, including expanded coverage of recent world architecture. Described by James Ackerman of Harvard University as 'immeasurably the finest work covering this field in existence', this book presents a penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, tracing the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms across the world and throughout the century.

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Part 1 The formative strands of Modern architecture: the idea of a Modern architecture in the 19th century
industrialization and the city - the skyscraper as type and symbol
the search for new forms and the problem of ornament
rationalism, the engineering tradition, and reinforced concrete
arts and crafts ideals in Britain and the USA
responses to mechanization - the Deutscher Werkbund and futurism
the architectural system of Frank Lloyd Wright
national romanticism and classical transformations
cubism and new conceptions of space. Part 2 The crystallization of Modern architecture between the wars: Le Corbusier's quest for ideal form
Walter Gropius, German expressionism, and the Bauhaus
architecture and revolution in Russia
skyscraper and suburb - the USA between the wars
the ideal community - alternatives to the industrial city
the international style, the individual talent, and the myth of functionalism
the image and idea of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye at Poissy
the continuity of older traditions
nature and the machine - Mies van der Rohe, Wright and Le Corbusier in the 1930s
totalitarian critiques of the Modern movement
the spread of modern architecture to Britain and Finland
universal models, national inflections and regional accents. Part 3 Transformation and dissemination after 1940: modern architecture in the USA - immigration and consolidation
form and meaning in the late works of Le Corbusier
the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles as a collective housing prototype
Alvar Aalto and Scandinavian developments
disjunctions and continuities in the Europe of the 1950s
the process of absorption - Latin America, Australia, Japan
Louis I. Kahn and the challenge of monumentality
architecture and anti-architecture in Britain
crises and critiques in the 1960s
modernity and tradition in the Third World
architectural types and urban fragments - new directions in the 1970s. Part 4 Changing ideals in the late 20th century: modern architecture and the historical sense
world cultures and local identities
traditions of the modern
towards architecture, beyond style.

Volume: : hbk ISBN 9780714835242

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Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. For the third edition the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Almost every chapter has been expanded and updated, and seven chapters are entirely new, including the whole of Part Four, which covers recent world architecture. Described by James Ackerman of Harvard University as 'immeasurably the finest work covering this field in existence', this book presents a penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, and traces the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms throughout the century.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The formative strands of Modern architecture: the idea of a Modern architecture in the 19th century
industrialization and the city - the skyscraper as type and symbol
the search for new forms and the problem of ornament
rationalism, the engineering tradition, and reinforced concrete
arts and crafts ideals in Britain and the USA
responses to mechanization - the Deutscher Werkbund and futurism
the architectural system of Frank Lloyd Wright
national romanticism and classical transformations
cubism and new conceptions of space. Part 2 The crystallization of Modern architecture between the wars: Le Corbusier's quest for ideal form
Walter Gropius, German expressionism, and the Bauhaus
architecture and revolution in Russia
skyscraper and suburb - the USA between the wars
the ideal community - alternatives to the industrial city
the international style, the individual talent, and the myth of functionalism
the image and idea of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye at Poissy
the continuity of older traditions
nature and the machine - Mies van der Rohe, Wright and Le Corbusier in the 1930s
totalitarian critiques of the Modern movement
the spread of modern architecture to Britain and Finland
universal models, national inflections and regional accents. Part 3 Transformation and dissemination after 1940: modern architecture in the USA - immigration and consolidation
form and meaning in the late works of Le Corbusier
the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles as a collective housing prototype
Alvar Aalto and Scandinavian developments
disjunctions and continuities in the Europe of the 1950s
the process of absorption - Latin America, Australia, Japan
Louis I. Kahn and the challenge of monumentality
architecture and anti-architecture in Britain
crises and critiques in the 1960s
modernity and tradition in the Third World
architectural types and urban fragments - new directions in the 1970s. Part 4 Changing ideals in the late 20th century: modern architecture and the historical sense
world cultures and local identities
traditions of the modern
towards architecture, beyond style.

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