Modern Architecture A-Z

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Modern Architecture A-Z. An encyclopedia of modern architecture

With almost 300 entries, this architectural A to Z offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. Covering modern architecture from the 19th into the 21st century, pioneering architects are each featured with a portrait and a concise biography, as well as a description of his or her important work.

Like a bespoke global architecture tour, this book will allow you to travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Antoni Gaudí?s Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi?s sports and leisure center on a former factory site in S?o Paulo. You?ll take in Gio Ponti?s colored geo