How to Read Modern Buildings is an indispensable pocket-sized guide to understanding the architecture of the modern era. It takes the reader on a guided tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings all around. From Art Deco and Arts and Crafts, through the International Style and Modernism to today's environmental architecture and the rise and fall of the icon, all the major architectural movements from the 1900s to the present day are traced through their classic buildings.
Examining the key architectural elements and hidden details of each style, we learn what to look out for and where to look for it. Packed with detailed drawings, plans, and photographs, this is both a fascinating architectural history and an effective I-spy guide - a must-read for anyone with an interest in modern design and architecture.
| ISBN: | 9781474219037 |
| Publication date: | 24th March 2016 |
| Author: | Will Jones |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Visual Arts an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | How to Read |
| Genres: |
Architectural structure and design Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings Architecture: residential and domestic buildings History of architecture History of art |
How to Read Modern Buildings is an indispensable pocket-sized guide to understanding the architecture of the modern era. It takes the reader on a guided tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant buildings, showing how to read the hallmarks of each architectural style and how to recognize them in the buildings all around.
How to Read Modern Buildings features in the following genres: Architectural structure and design, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, History of architecture, History of art
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How to Read Modern Buildings was written by Will Jones and published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
How to Read Modern Buildings has 256 pages
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