Architecture a Synoptic Vision: A Prospectus of Developments from 1900 to Today

There are numerous reference works on the development of architecture in the twentieth century, but none of them presents the networklike connections and effects of those developments with the astonishing concision of Architecture in the 20th Century – A Synopsis. In an overview diagram, the various different movements, together with their associated major figures and structures, are visually situated in their historical and chronological context. World-historical events, technological developments, important books on architectural theory, and significant trends in twentieth-century art are presented in secondary sections to enable the user to better understand the relevant phenomena. An accompanying booklet provides information for further study, including a brief introduction to the origins of modernity and its movements as well as a series of architecture projects that, taken together, delineate an exemplary "influence history." Rounding out the product is a printed folder that holds the overview diagram and booklet.

Adrian Meyer, born 1942, architect BSA, partner at Burkard Meyer in Baden. Since 1994–2008, professor of architecture and design at the ETH Zurich. Author of numerous publications, including among others Stadt und Architektur, Konkret/Concrete.

Susanne Kuhlbrodt, born 1969, studied architecture at the RWTH Aachen and at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Following her work at Kollhoff & Timmermann Architekten in Berlin, Susanne Kuhlbrodt founded her own architecture firm: Kuhlbrodt & Peters in Zurich. 2002–2008, assistant to Professor A. Meyer at the ETH Zurich.

Beat Aeberhard, born 1969, studied architecture at the ETH Lausanne and Zurich. Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University in New York. Beat Aeberhard is an independent architect and architectural critic in Zurich and, 2006–2008, assistant to Professor A. Meyer at the ETH Zurich.