Twentieth‐Century Architecture

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Unprecedented in its in-depth coverage, and with over 500 illustrations, photographs, and architectural drawings the multi-volume Companion to the History of Architecture offers an indispensable resource on architectural thought and practice ranging from the 15th century to the present day. AUTHORITATIVE: Brings together an international team of over one hundred eminent historians, academics and practising architects  USER-FRIENDLY: Accessibly structured into volumes organized both chronologically and thematically, spanning the architecture of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods, through to the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries  INCLUSIVE: Spans a broad and global range of issues, from the impact of war and religion on city architecture; its relationship with the public; and architecture and the sciences; to examples such as materials and Tectonic expression; Beaux-arts and the Gothic; and contemporary issues, such as contemporary architecture’s critical review of its cultural production, ecology, technological saturation, and ontological engagement with a world now largely urbanized   CUTTING-EDGE: Reviews the most recent developments in the field, including theory and practice from the past ten years, along with likely future developments in the history of architecture MULTI-FORMAT: Publishing simultaneously in print and online, providing an unparalleled reference work for students and scholars alike  Cover Introduction: The Project and Projects of Modern Architecture Part I The Early Twentieth Century Introduction: Anticipating Modern Worlds 1 Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store/Carson Pirie Scott Louis Sullivan 2 House for An Art Lover: Reverberating Echoes Charles Rennie Mackintosh 3 Postal Savings Bank: Otto Wagner 4 Aeg Turbine: Factory Peter Behrens 5 Glass House at Cologne: Bruno Taut 6 Città Nuova: Antonio Sant'Elia Part II The Modern Project Introduction: Imagining New Worlds 7 Monument to the Third International: Vladimir Tatlin 8 Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Transfiguration Through Glass, or Vertical and Horizontal Transparencies: Mies van der Rohe 9 Brick Country House Project: Mies van der Rohe 10 Contra-Construction 11 Plan Voisin: Le Corbusier 12 Stockholm Public Library: Erik Gunnar Asplund Part III Revising The Modern Project Introduction: Constructing New Worlds 13 Goetheanum: Rudolf Steiner 14 Schocken Department Store: Erich Mendelsohn 15 E.1027: Eileen Gray 16 Villa Savoye: Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret 17 Villa Müller: Adolf Loos 18 Dymaxion House: R. Buckminster Fuller 19 Vdl Research House: Richard Neutra 20 Psfs Building: George Howe and William Lescaze 21 Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright 22 Danteum: Giuseppe Terragni 23 Maison Du Peuple: Jean Prouvé 24 Villa Mairea: Alvar Aalto Part IV Postwar Trends Introduction: Beginning Again, But Not at the Beginning 25 Golden Lane: Alison and Peter Smithson 26 Pajaritos Chapel: Alberto Cruz 27 The Naked City: Guy Debord and Asger Jorn 28 Brasilia: Lucio Costa 29 Endless House: Friedrich Kiesler 30 Church of Christ the Worker: Eladio Dieste 31 Burgerweeshuis Orphanage: Aldo Van Eyck 32 Plan for Tokyo: Kenzo Tange Part V The 1960s and 1970s Introduction: Questioning Modern Worlds 33 Vanna Venturi House: Robert Venturi 34 Salk Institute: Louis I. Kahn 35 Swimming Pool On The Beach At Leça de Palmeira: Álvaro Siza 36 Brion Cemetery: Carlo Scarpa 37 Kharga Market: Hassan Fathy 38 Walking City: Archigram 39 Marie Short House: Glenn Murcutt 40 Centre Pompidou: Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers 41 Teatro Del Mondo: Aldo Rossi 42 Sangath: Balkrishna Doshi Part VI The Present Generation Introduction: Engaging the Contemporary World 43 Parc de La Villette: Bernard Tschumi 44 Stone House: Herzog & de Meuron 45 Church of The Light: Tadao Ando 46 Kunsthal: Rem Koolhaas/OMA 47 Bilbao Guggenheim: A Secular Cathedral of Art: Frank O. Gehry 48 Sendai Mediatheque: Toyo Ito 49 Yokohama Ferry Terminal: FOA 50 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art: SANAA