Modern Architecture #pdf by Alan Colquhoun

Oxford University Press USA | ISBN:0192842269 | File Type: PDF, 288 pages | File size: 63.Mb | Jul. 18th, 2002
General American Art: Colquhoun an eminent scholar in the field of architecture offers here a new account of international modernism that explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures The book focuses on the work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright Adolf Loos Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe re examining their work and shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters The author presents a fascinating analysis of architecture with regard to politics technology and ideology all while offering clear descriptions of the key elements of the Modern movement Colquhoun shows clearly the evolution of the movement from Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the mega structures of the 1960s revealing the often contradictory demands of form function social engagement modernity and tradition