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Book SynopsisKey Modern Architects provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the work of the most significant architects of the modern era. Fifty short chapters introduce fifty key architects, from Le Corbusier to Aldo Van Eyck to Zaha Hadid, exploring their most influential buildings and developing a critique of each architect's work within a broader cultural and historical context. The selection represents the most influential architects working from 1890 to the present, those most likely to be taught on survey courses in modern architectural history, along with some lesser-known names with an equal claim to influence. Emphasis is placed on a critical and interpretative approach, allowing the student to position each architect in a cultural and intellectual context quickly and easily. Artistic, technical, social, and intellectual developments are brought to the fore built and unbuilt projects, writings and influences. This approach brings to light the ideology behi
Trade ReviewA fine supplemental text for architecture and design students, and a welcome companion for architecture buffs. * Booklist *
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Louis Sullivan Otto Wagner Adolf Loos Peter Behrens Auguste Perret Frank Lloyd Wright Antonio Sant 'Elia Bruno Taut Eric Mendelsohn Walter Gropius Theo van Doesburg El Lissitzky Konstantin Melnikov Hannes Meyer Laszlo Moholy Nagy Grete Schutte Lihotzky Rudolph Schindler Le Corbusier Mies van Der Rohe Hans Scharoun Eileen Gray Gunnar Asplund Alvar Aalto Oscar Niemeyer Buckminster Fuller Charles & Ray Eames Louis Kahn Aldo Van Eyck Alison and Pter Smithson Kenzo Tange Lina Bo Bardi Carlo Scarpa James Stirling Archigram Cedric Price Venturi Scott Brown Aldo Rossi Geoffrey Bawa Balkrishna Doshi Richard Meier Norman Foster Alvaro Siza Rem Koolhaas Daniel Libeskind Frank Gehry Zaha Hadid Tadao Ando Herzog De Meuron Peter Zumthor Kengo Kuma General bibliography Index
