Modern Architecture

The Great Ages of World Architecture

by Vincent Scully

In Modern Architecture , prominent historian  Vincent Scully, traces the major developments in 20th Century architecture. With sharp insight, Scully examines architecture's evolution, historical context, and its meaning in modern life. From Louis Sullivan's first successful attempts to give steel construction its own form and expression, to city planning, contemporary megastructures, public housing, and the Mobile Home, Vincent Scully examines the significant aspects of modern architecture. Applying his considerable talents as a passionate and engaging writer and thinker, Scully explores the most important figures and developments in architecture during this Art Nouveau in Europe, Gropius and the Bauhaus, and Russian Constructivism, as well as the contributions of Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Louis I. Khan, and Robert Venturi. 190 b/w illustrations.

Genres: Architecture, Nonfiction, History

158 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jay Mathias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unfortunately blindly uncritical of le corbusier but unsurprisingly so. Really great number and selection of plates though, feel like I got a real visual history

[Windry · Rating 4 out of 5]

duh, buku ini... sudah seperti pacar sewaktu kuliah dulu. sampai saya merasa cukup hebat mengajarkan kuliah arsitektur modern