L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop
L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004 - Saint-Martin Bookshop

L'architecture moderne

L'architecture moderne depuis 1900 - Phaidon 2004

Rare French copy of Modern Architecture Since 1900 which become established as a contemporary classic since its first publication in 1982. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value.
Described by James Ackerman of Harvard University as 'immeasurably the finest work covering this field in existence', this book presents a penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, tracing the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms across the world and throughout the century.

246p - FR - 24.5x21cm - hardcover - good overall condition