Architecture in the twentieth century

Title:

Personal Author:

Gossel, Peter, 1956-

Publication Information:

K�oln ; New York : Taschen, 2001

ISBN:

9783822811627

Subject Term:

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century

Architecture -- 20th century -- Europe -- History

Architecture -- 20th century -- United States -- History

Added Author:

Leuthauser, Gabriele, 1950-

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After several pages of prologue summing up 18th century highlights--especially the rise in importance of geometry--some forty pages cover 1784-1916, focusing on the heavily fenestrated high-rises of the Chicago School and the iron and glass pavilions of Europe. The chapter spanning 1892-1925 concentrates on the many disputes over the trajectory of modernism: Nieuwe Kunst, Stile Liberty, Jugendstil, and Art Nouveau, all arguing the direction that the boom of prisons, hospitals, schools, town halls, and other institutional buildings would take. Three more time divisions follow and a concise compendium of architect biographies ends the volume. Along with an array of great pictures (par for Taschen), Gossel and Leuthauser--both active in the private sector--add a strong prose style attentive to debates among architects and the socioeconomic stage on which architects act. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author Notes

Peter Gossel, born in 1956, runs a practice for museum and exhibition design. He previously edited numerous volumes on the topic for Taschen, such as Architecture in the Twentieth Century, Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, and John Lautner.

(Bowker Author Biography)

1784-1916
Prologue	p. 10
Of Iron Giants and Glass Virgins	p. 16
The Chicago School	p. 32
1892-1925
L'Entree du siecle	p. 42
In the Far Landscape	p. 66
Circle and Square	p. 78
The Modern Factory	p. 90
Creative in Concrete	p. 104
1912-1939
The Return of Art	p. 118
Volumetric Experiments	p. 136
Housing Estates	p. 152
Machines for Living In	p. 164
The International Style	p. 174
New Deal	p. 204
1944-1971
Case Studies	p. 216
Less is More	p. 224
Stonebound	p. 238
The Flying Roof	p. 248
Concrete Containers	p. 256
1956-2000
Learning from Las Vegas	p. 270
The Whites	p. 280
Work on Modernism	p. 292
The Rational South	p. 306
Open Structures	p. 318
The Post-Modern City	p. 338
Bellevue	p. 350
Concrete Poems	p. 362
The New Pleasure in Materials	p. 380
The Curvature of Space	p. 390
Biographies	p. 406

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