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Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment.:.; Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and...

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Other Authors: Ballantyne, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Series:New interventions in art history ; 3.
Subjects:
Architecture, Modern > 19th century.
Architecture, Modern > 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: architectures in the plural / Andrew Ballantyne
  • An avant-garde academy / Simon Sadler
  • Aalto and the tutelary goddesses / Sarah Menin
  • Becoming-skyscraper: Ayn Rand's architect / Gerard Loughlin
  • Steps toward a sustainable architecture / Brenda and Robert Vale
  • Gordon Matta-Clark's building dissections / Stephen Walker
  • Territoriality and identity at RAF / Menwith Hill, David Wood
  • Domestic space transformed, 1850-2000 / Elizabeth Cromley
  • English townscape as cultural and symbolic capital / Andrew Law.