The elements of modern architecture : understanding contemporary buildings /

The elements of modern architecture : understanding contemporary buildings /

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This ambitious publication, now revised and expanded, dissects fifty-five modern masterpieces through specially commissioned freehand drawings that reveal the principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Covering six continents, and ranging from residences to opera houses...

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Main Authors: Radford, Antony (Author), Morkoç, Selen B. (Selen Bahriye) (Author), Srivastava, Amit (Architect) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, [2020]
Edition:Revised and expanded edition.
Subjects:
Architecture, Modern > 20th century.
Architecture, Modern > 21st century.
Architecture > Details.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sarabhai House /1951-55, Ahmedabad, India
  • Canoba Museum /1955-57, Possagno, Treviso, Italy
  • Sydney Opera House /1957-73, Sydney Australia
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum /1943-59, New York, USA
  • Leicester Engineering Building /1959-63, Leicester, England
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies /1959-66, La Jolla, California, USA
  • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art /1956-58, Humlebaek, Denmark
  • Yoyogi National Gymnasium /1961-64, Tokyo, Japan
  • Seinäjoki Town Hall / 1958-65, Seinäjoki, Ostrobothnia, Finland
  • St Mary's Cathedral /1961-64, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hedmark Museum /1967-79, Hamar, Norway
  • Indian Institute of Management /1963-74, Ahmedabad, India
  • Bagsvaerd Church /1974-76, Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Milan House /1972-75, Cidade Jardim, SÄ#x81;o Paolo, Brazil
  • HSBC Office Building /1979-86, Hong Kong, China
  • Neue Staatsgalerie /1977-84, Stuttgart, Germany
  • House at Martha's Vineyard /1984-88, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
  • Church on the Water /1985-88, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Lloyd's of London Office Building /1978-86, London, England
  • Arab World Institute /1981-87, Paris, France
  • Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art /1987-95, Barcelona, Spain
  • Vitra Fire Station /1990-93, Weil am Rhein, Germany
  • Lord's Media Centre /1994-99, London, England
  • Menara UMNO /1995-98, Penang, Malaysia
  • Dancing Building /1992-96, Prague, Czech, Republic
  • Eastgate /1991-96, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Thermal Baths in Vals /1986-96, Vals, Switzerland
  • Guggenheim Museum Bilbao /1991-97, Bilbao, Spain
  • ESO Hotel /1998-2002, Cerro Paranal, Chile
  • Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre /1996-99, New South Wales, Australia
  • Jewish Museum Berlin /1988-99, Berlin, Germany
  • Quadracci Pavillon /1994-2001, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  • B2 House /1999-2001, Büyükhusun, Aybacik, Turkey
  • CaixaForum /2001-03, Madrid, Spain
  • New Museum /2001-07, New York, USA
  • Scottish Parliament Building /1998-2002, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Yokohama Port Terminal /1995-2002, Yokohama, Japan
  • Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth /1996-2002, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
  • Kunsthaus Graz /2000-3, Graz, Austria
  • Linked Hybrid /2003-9, Beijing, China
  • Santa Caterina Market /1997-2005, Barcelona, Spain
  • Virgilio Barco Library / 1999-2001, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Southern Cross Station /2001-6, Melbourne, Australia
  • Meiso no Mori Crematorium /2004-9, Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan
  • Civil Justice Center /2001-7, Manchester, England
  • Green School /2005-7, Bandung, Bali, Indonesia
  • Mimesis Museum /2007-9, Paju Book City, Republic of Korea
  • Julliard School Alice Tully Hall /2003-9, New York, USA
  • uMkhumbane Museum / 2003-17, Durban, South Africa
  • 41 Cooper Square /2004-9, New York, USA
  • Oslo Opera House /2002-8, Oslo, Norway
  • MAXXI /1998-2009, Rome Italy
  • Sancaklar Mosque / 2011-13, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Micro Yuan'er/Micro Hutong / 2013-16, Beijing, China
  • Harbin Opera House / 2010-15, Harbin, China
  • Endnote: some common themes.