New directions in contemporary architecture : evolutions and revolutions in building design since 1988 / Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi.
By: Prestinenza Puglisi, Luigi
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Publisher: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Chichester : Wiley ; John Wiley [distributor], 2008Description: 240 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470518908; 0470518901; 9780470518892; 0470518898.Subject(s): 1900 - 2099 | Architectural design | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Architecture, Modern -- 21st century | Mimari tasarım | Modern mimari -- 20. yy | Modern mimari -- 21. yy | Design architectural | Architecture -- 20e siècle | Architecture -- 21e siècle | Architectural design | Architecture, Modern | Arkitektur -- historia -- 1900-talet | Arkitektur -- historia -- 2000-taletAdditional physical formats: Online version:: New directions in contemporary architecture.Subject: "This book is a much needed navigation guide for anyone interested in modern architecture. Organised chronologically, it enables you to find your way through one of the most prolific periods of building design. It looks at buildings in often contrasting styles that have been built almost simultaneously across the world with their roots in very different tendencies and schools of thought. A loose but effective framework is provided, which pulls all these multiple threads together, while key buildings are described individually with a unique clarity and precision."--Jacket.
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Includes index.
"This book is a much needed navigation guide for anyone interested in modern architecture. Organised chronologically, it enables you to find your way through one of the most prolific periods of building design. It looks at buildings in often contrasting styles that have been built almost simultaneously across the world with their roots in very different tendencies and schools of thought. A loose but effective framework is provided, which pulls all these multiple threads together, while key buildings are described individually with a unique clarity and precision."--Jacket.
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