Surveys late-modernism, post-modernism, and alternative architectural styles, providing examples of homes, office buildings, museums, churches, and apartment buildings that illustrate each approach
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Oversized. Clean DJ in mylar cover. Book is clean, with squared binding and solid hinges. Color Illustrations 1.4 x 11.8 x 11.6 Inches 358 pages This international survey documents the state of architecture at the beginning of the nineties, and provides an insight into the recent past and possible future shape of our homes and cities. Charles Jencks, the critic responsible for identifying the diverse trends which have emerged in the wake of modernism, discusses late-modern, post-modern and new modern architecture. This includes the pioneering work in America, Europe and Japan of leading achitects Norman Foster, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozsaki, Philip Johnson, Rob Krier, Richard Rogers, James Stirling and Robert Venturi, as well as many more examples by promising architects of a younger generation. A comprehensive reference section containing biographies of more than 100 architects, a selected bibliography of further reading and a full index completes this study. This first paperback edition has been brought up to date by the inclusion of a new introduction, new colour photographs and revised biographies. Seller Inventory # 28737
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+ / VG+. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Black boards with blind stamped titling, teal DJ with color illustration, 358 pp., over 600 illustrations, most in color. From the dj: In this up-to-date, revised and enlarged edition of this international survey, Charles Jencks provides an incisive commentary on the crucial trends of the past two decades and defines the developments that will lead architecture into the next century. Seller Inventory # 129375
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