The elements of modern architecture : understanding contemporary buildings /

"Dissects fifty of the world's modern masterpieces, constructed from 1950 to the present, through specially commissioned freehand drawings that reveal the principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Starting from its site, each work is analyzed through its surr...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Radford, Antony (συγγραφέας.)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Morkoç, Selen B. (Selen Bahriye) (συγγραφέας.), Srivastava, Amit, M.B.A (συγγραφέας.)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • Sarabhai House, 1951-55, Ahmedabad, India / Le Corbusier
  • Canova Museum, 1955-57, Possagno, Treviso, Italy / Carlo Scarpa
  • Sydney Opera House, 1957-73, Sidney Australia / Jørn Utzon
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1943-59, New York, USA / Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Leicester Engineering Building, 1959-63, Leicester, England / Stirling & Gowan
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 1959-66, La Jolla, California, USA / Louis Kahn
  • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 1956-58, Humlebaek, Denmark / Jørgen Bo and Wilheim Wohlert
  • Yoyogi National Gymnasium, 1961-64, Tokyo, Japan / Kenzo Tange
  • Seinäjoki Town Hall / 1958-65, Seinäjoki, Ostrobothnia, Finland / Alvar Aalto
  • St Mary's Cathedral, 1961-64, Tokyo, Japan / Kenzo Tange
  • Hedmark Museum, 1967-79, Hamar, Norway / Sverre Fehn
  • Indian Institute of Management, 1963-74, Ahmedabad, India / Louis Kahn
  • Bagsvaerd Church, 1974-76, Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark / Jørn Utzon
  • Milan House, 1972-75, Cidade Jardim, Sāo Paolo, Brazil / Marcos Acayaba Arquitectos
  • HSBC Office Building, 1979-86, Hong Kong, China / Foster Associates
  • Neue Staatsgalerie, 1977-84, Stuttgart, Germany / James Stirling, Michael Wilford & Associates
  • House at Martha's Vineyard, 1984-88, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA / Steven Holl Architects
  • Church on the Water, 1985-88, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
  • Lloyd's of London Office Building, 1978-86, London, England / Richard Rogers
  • Arab World Institute, 1981-87, Paris, France / Jean Nouvel
  • Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, 1987-95, Barcelona, Spain / Richard Meier
  • Vitra Fire Station, 1990-93, Weil am Rhein, Germany / Zaha Hadid
  • Lord's Media Centre, 1994-99, London, England / Future Systems
  • Menara UMNO, 1995-98, Penang, Malaysia / Kenneth Yeang, T.R. Hamzah & Yeang
  • Dancing Building, 1992-96, Prague, Czech Republic / Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Vlado Mlunić
  • Eastgate, 1991-96, Harare, Zimbabwe / Pearce Partnership
  • Thermal Baths in Vals, 1986-96, Vals, Switzerland / Peter Zumthor
  • Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1991-97, Bilbao, Spain / Frank O. Gehry & Associates
  • ESO Hotel, 1998-2002, Cerro Paranal, Chile / Auer+Weber
  • Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre, 1996-99, New South Wales, Australia / Murcutt Lewin Lark
  • Jewish Museum Berlin, 1988-99, Berlin, Germany / Daniel Libeskind
  • Quadracci Pavilion, 1994-2001, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA / Santiago Calatrava
  • B2 House, 1999-2001, Büyükhüsun, Ayvacik, Turkey / Han Tumertekin
  • Caixa Forum, 2001-03, Madrid, Spain / Herzog de Meuron
  • New Museum, 2001-07, New York, USA / SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
  • Scottish Parliament Building, 1998-2002, Edinburgh, Scotland / EMBT, RMJM
  • Yokohama Port Terminal, 1995-2002, Yokohama, Japan / Foreign Office Architects
  • Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1996-2002, Fort Worth, Texas, USA / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
  • Kunsthaus Graz, 2000-3, Graz, Austria / Spacelab Cook Fournier, ARGE Kunsthaus
  • Linked Hybrid, 2003-9, Beijing, China / Steven Holl Architects
  • Santa Caterina Market, 1997-2005, Barcelona, Spain / EMBT
  • Southern Cross Station, 2001-6, Melbourne, Australia / Grimshaw Architects, Jackson Architecture
  • Meiso no Mori Crematorium, 2004-9, Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan / Toyo Ito & Associates
  • Civil Justice Center, 2001-7, Manchester, England / Denton Corker Marshall
  • Green School, 2005-7, Bandung, Bali, Indonesia / Green School PT Bambu
  • Mimesis Museum, 2007-9, Paju Book City, Republic of Korea / Álvaro Siza, Castanheira & Bastai, Jun Sung Kim
  • Julliard School & Alice Tully Hall, 2003-9, New York, USA / Diller Scofidio + Renfro, FXFOWLE
  • 41 Cooper Square, 2004-9, New York, USA / Morphosis Architects
  • Oslo Opera House, 2002-8, Oslo, Norway / Snøhetta
  • MAXXI, 1998-2009, Rome Italy / MAXXI Zaha Hadid.