This book features more than 100 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, including classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, IVlies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas.
This book features more than 100 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, including classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, IVlies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas.
For each of the buildings included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially drawn for this book and are based on the most up-todate information and sources. There is also a concise text explaining the significant architectural features of the building and the influences it shows or generated, together with one or two full-colour images. Cross-references to other buildings in the book highlight the various connections between these key buildings.
In the opening essay the author gives a brief overview of the development of architecture in the twentieth century, paying particular attention to the issues of spatial organization. The endmatter includes bibliographic references to the architects whose work is featured and to the individual buildings discussed.
The quality and number of line drawings allows all the buildings to be understood in detail and, together with the authoritative text and images, make this book indispensable for all students of modern architecture. As an added bonus for students, the book includes a CD-ROM containing digital files of all drawings featured in the book.
Richard Weston, an architect, landscape designer and author, is Professor of Architecture at Cardiff University. Previous books include the monograph Alvar Aalto (winner of the 1995 Sir Banister Fletcher Prize) and the definitive monograph on the Danish architect Jorn Utzon, while The House in the Twentieth Century (2002) and Materials, Form and Architecture (2003) are both published by Laurence King.
Introduction
Buildings
Glasgow School of Art
Deanery Garden
Larkin Building
Post Office Savings Bank
Unity Temple
Palais Stoclet
Robie House
Turbine Factory
Casa Mila
Glass Pavilion
Stockholm Public Library
Einstein Tower
Schindler-Chace House
Schroder House
Bauhaus
Open Air School
Lovell ’Health House’
Church of the Sacred Heart
Barcelona Pavilion
Tugendhat House
Villa Savoye
Maison de Verre
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Muiller House
Swiss Pavilion
Schminke House
Casa del Fascio
Gothenburg Law Courts Annex
FaUingwater
Jacobs House
Johnson Wax Building
Baker House
Villa Mairea
Guggenheim Museum
Eames House
Farnsworth House
Kaufmann Desert House
Barragan House and Studio
Unite d’Habitation
Saynaitsalo Town Hall
Lever House
Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Crown Hall
Maisons Jaoul
Parliament Building
Niemeyer House
Monastery of La Tourette
Leicester Engineering Building
Seagram Building
Amsterdam Orphanage
Halen Housing Estate
Philharmonie Hall
Sydney Opera House
Richards Medical Laboratories
Palazzo dello Sport
Dulles International Airport
Milam Residence
Querini Stampalia Foundation
Salk Institute
Economist Building
Vanna Venturi House
Fredensborg Housing
St Peter’s Church
Seinajoki Library
Ford Foundation Building
Roman Catholic Church
Condominium at Sea Ranch
Kimbell Art Museum
Bagsvaerd Church
Museum of Hamar
Gallaratese Housing Block
Centraal Beheer Offices
Willis Faber & Dumas
Pompidou Centre
House at Riva San Vitale
Monchengladbach Museum
Can Lis
Gunma Museum of Modern Art
House VI
Atheneum
Staatsgalerie
Gehry House
Koshino House
Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
Willemspark School
BalI-Eastaway House
National Museum of Roman Art
Menil Collection
Spiral Building
Wexner Center
Graves House
Vals Thermal Baths
Goetz Gallery
Kunsthal
Galician Centre of Art
Hostalets Civic Centre
Menara Mesiniaga
Cultural and Congress Centre
Jewish Museum
Barnes House
Bilbao Guggenheim Museum
Tjibaou Cultural Centre
Chapel of St Ignatius
LF1, Landesgartenschau
Sendai Mediatheque
Bordeaux Villa
Further Reading
Index
Picture Credits