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This book features: the best of 20th-century architecture arranged in a chronological overview; an introduction to architecture in an illustrated volume; architectural photography, original drawings, and helpful building plans; concise essays written by recognized specialists, explaining each building's design and the technological innovation behind it; and biographical sketches and portrait photographs of the architects.
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The buildings examined in this book, well-known today as icons of 20th-century architecture, were considered spectacular in their own times for reasons ranging from stylistic innovation to technological breakthroughs.
New York City's Chrysler Building, Lloyd's of London, and the exciting new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain - each of these structures, whether treasured or despised, has become a modern-day place of pilgrimage, and the stories behind their rise to iconic status have shed light on how we think about the built environment.
Each building is presented in a double-page spread with brilliant photographs, original drawings, and helpful plans. Texts written by recognized specialists describe each work's design features and historical significance. Exciting and unusual anecdotes make this an especially insightful compilation, while biographies of the architects and recommendations for further reading qualify it as the ideal volume for new and "in-the-know" architecture enthusiasts alike.
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Sabine Thiel-Siling is a freelance editor and writer, who lives in Munich and Brisbane.
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- PublisherPrestel Pub
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 3791333984
- ISBN 13 9783791333984
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages189
- EditorThiel-Siling Sabine
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