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Modern Architecture Jonathan Glancey

Modern Architecture By Jonathan Glancey

Modern Architecture by Jonathan Glancey


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Summary

The pocket-sized visual guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world by an architecture expert.

Modern Architecture Summary

Modern Architecture: The Structures that Shaped the Modern World by Jonathan Glancey

Explore over 500 masterpieces of modern architecture in this celebration of the most iconic buildings in the world.

Written by acclaimed architecture expert Jonathan Glancey, Modern Architecture is a beautifully illustrated guide to the key styles, architects and movements that have defined our skylines since the dawn of the twentieth century. From the dizzying heights of the Shard to the exquisite curves of the Sydney Opera House, and from Frank Lloyd Wright to Sir David Adjaye, this is the essential handbook to the creative discipline that shapes our world.

'His comments are always informative, unashamedly partisan and often enjoyably tart' Sunday Telegraph

'One of the finest architectural writers in contemporary Britain' Scotland on Sunday

Modern Architecture Reviews

'His comments are always informative, unashamedly partisan and often enjoyably tart' * Sunday Telegraph *
'One of the finest architectural writers in contemporary Britain' * Scotland on Sunday *

About Jonathan Glancey

Jonathan Glancey is a journalist, author and broadcaster. He has written for newspapers, magazine and journals worldwide, and was the architecture and design correspondent for the Guardian for over a decade. His books include The Story of Architecture, Lost Buildings and Spitfire: The Biography.

Table of Contents

Foreword Arts & Crafts Classicism Organic Modernism Postmodernism Robotic Cities Futures Iconic Index.

Additional information

NGR9781802791013
9781802791013
1802791019
Modern Architecture: The Structures that Shaped the Modern World by Jonathan Glancey
New
Hardback
Headline Publishing Group
2023-04-13
496
N/A
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