Architecture Today - Softcover

Steele, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714840971 ISBN 13: 9780714840970

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2001

Synopsis

This work is a survey of trends in architecture worldwide since the 1960s. It takes as its starting point the international modernism that was once the norm, and charts its disintegration and the counter-movements and styles that have replaced it over the last 30 years.

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Review:

"As a beginner's guide to the trends of the last 25 years, Architecture Today is invaluable. Accessible text and a preponderance of colour pictures go a long way toward doing for architecture what Gombrich did for art."―Creative Review

"Exceptionally handsome. A lavish look at some of the best building trends since 1960."―Met House

"An ambitious guide to the trends in architecture over the last 25 years. In other words, a romp through all those tricky isms, from Vernacular to Deconstruction."―The Sunday Times

Synopsis:

This work is a comprehensive overview of architecture worldwide since the 1960s. A guide to the many and varied contemporary architectural trends, it leads the reader through the styles and movements of architecture in the latter half of the 20th century. The Modern Movement in architecture early in the 20th century gave rise to the "International Style" - architecture was intended to transcend its time and place and provide a new world order in building and city planning. In the 1960s, modernism was seriously challenged by architects who began to question the validity of its principles. In place of modernism, a diverse array of building types and styles, driven by new architectural beliefs and theories, began to emerge. This text is an attempt to make sense of the pluralistic nature of contemporary architecture, by offering an accessible critique of the world's most prominent architectural movements and trends.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0714840971
• ISBN 13: 9780714840970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512