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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814279803321

Autore

Johnson Donald Leslie

Titolo

Makers of 20th century modern architecture : a bio-critical sourcebook / / Donald Leslie Johnson and Donald Langmead

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 1997

London ; ; Chicago : , : Fitzroy Dearborn, , 1997

ISBN

1-136-64063-0

0-203-05921-2

1-299-28785-9

1-136-64056-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangmeadDonald

Disciplina

720/.92/2

B

Soggetti

Architects - History and criticism

Architecture, Modern - 20th century

Architects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

[First published 1997 by Greenwood Press].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Reader' s Guide; Whither We Went; Abbreviations; Bio-Critical Studies; Coda; Chronology and Founders; Acknowledgments; Name Index; Place Index

Sommario/riassunto

Makers of 20th-Century Modern Architecture is an indispensable reference book for the scholar, student, architect or layman interested in the architects who initiated, developed, or advanced modern architecture. The book is amply illustrated and features the most prominent and influential people in 20th-century modernist architecture including Wright, Eisenman, Mies van der Rohe and Kahn. It describes the milieu in which they practiced their art and directs readers to information on the life and creative activities of these founding architects and their disciples. The profiles of indi