Contemporary World Architecture

Pearman, H.

ISBN 10: 0714842036 / ISBN 13: 9780714842035

Verlag: Phaidon Press, 2005

Beschreibung

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,3200grams, ISBN:9780714842035.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9216580

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Contemporary World Architecture
• Verlag: Phaidon Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0714842036
• ISBN-13: 9780714842035
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Architecture

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

Contemporary World Architecture is a comprehensive survey of international architecture from the late 1960s to the end of the twentieth century, offering a critical study of the social, cultural and political changes that have shaped the built environment. Continual advances in building technology, shifting demographics and increasing levels of global communications have a continuing impact on architectural ideology and building types.

This extensive volume is divided into 13 chapters, each organized typologically by building function: Visual Arts, Performance, Learning, Religion, Consumerism, Living, Workplace, Industry, Leisure, Transport, Sport, Civic Realm and Towers. It presents over 660 recent public and private buildings by many of the world's key protagonists, examining the evolution of new architectural solutions from the late 1960s to the end of the century. Now available for the first time in paperback, this intricately illustrated and rigorous critique will provide a stimulating and invaluable reference book for a wide audience.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Hugh Pearman is a London-based writer, broadcaster and lecturer. He has been architecture and design critic for The Sunday Times since 1986, and contributes to numerous other newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide. He is also the author of Equilibrium: the Work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, also published by Phaidon.