{"product_id":"modern-architecture-since-1900","title":"Modern Architecture Since 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication in 1982, \u003ci\u003eModern Architecture Since 1900\u003c\/i\u003e has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the third edition, the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Seven chapters are entirely new, including expanded coverage of recent world architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by James Ackerman of Harvard University as 'immeasurably the finest work covering this field in existence', this book presents a penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, tracing the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms across the world and throughout the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William J. R. Curtis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714833569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 8.40w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Curtis has won worldwide acclaim for his architectural writing. His books include \u003ci\u003eLe Corbusier: Ideas and Forms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDenys Lasdun\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Phaidon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43267640819786,"sku":"9780714833569","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8990\/4435\/files\/modern-architecture-since-1900.jpg?v=1769674117","url":"https:\/\/trnk-nyc.com\/products\/modern-architecture-since-1900","provider":"TRNK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}