Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History - Hardcover

Sharp, Dennis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1864700858 ISBN 13: 9781864700855

Publisher: Images Publishing Dist Ac, 2006

Synopsis

Twentieth Century Architecture is a fully documented, richly illustrated guide to the great architectural achievements of the last one hundred years. The book chronicles the technological advances, engineering achievements and aesthetic issues that have led to dramatic changes in every branch of architecture. The essential reference work provides photographs, drawing and plans for the significant buildings throughout each decade as well as a useful chronology of buildings and a comprehensive index.

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About the Author

Professor Dennis Sharp is a practising architect and university lecturer. he has many publications to his credit and has won several awards for his architectural writings.

From Library Journal

This chronology by British architect Sharp is a survey of the world's most significant architecture from 1900 to 1990. Arranged by decade, it is an enlargement of the author's Visual History of Twentieth-Century Architecture ( LJ 2/15/73). An excellent ready-reference tool, well illustrated and with a good index, this greatly expanded edition provides information on such milestones as the Sydney Opera House, the Centre Pompidou, and the Musee d'Orsay--as well as private residences, commercial and industrial buildings, churches, stadiums, and other types of structures. Each chapter contains introductory material on both the technological and social problems and aesthetic characteristics of the decade. Sharp covers about 550 buildings he considers significant, and although fewer than 100 are in the United States, this is still an excellent book for most art and public libraries.
- Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Images Publishing Dist Ac
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1864700858
• ISBN 13: 9781864700855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496