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Author:   Alan Colquhoun (, Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, Princeton University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9780192842268

ISBN 10:   0192842269
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 April 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Art Nouveau 1890-1910 2: Organicism versus Classicism: Chicago 1890-1910 3: Culture and Industry: Germany 1907-14 4: 'The Urn and the Chamberpot': Adolf Loos 1900-30 5: Expressionism and Futurism 6: The Avant-Gardes in Holland and Russia 7: Return to Order: Le Corbusier and Modern Architecture in France 1920-35 8: Weimar Germany: the Dialectic of the Modern 1920-33 9: From Rationalism to Revisionism: Architecture in Italy 1920-65 10: Neoclassicism, Organicism and the Welfare State: Architecture in Scandinavia 1910-65 11: From Le Corbusier to Megastructures: Urban Visions 1930-65 12: Pax Americana: Architecture in America 1945-65 Notes Timeline Further Reading List of Illustrations Index

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`An informative, readable, and refreshingly undidactic introduction to avent-garde architecture in Europe and America.' Burlington Magazine

The elegance of Colquhoun's writing, reinforced witha full apparatus of notes and bibliography and supported by well-chosen illustrations, makes the book something of a bargain. * Building Design *

The elegance of Colquhoun's writing, reinforced witha full apparatus of notes and bibliography and supported by well-chosen illustrations, makes the book something of a bargain. Building Design

Author Information

Alan Colquhoun was born in 1921, and studied architecture in Edinburgh and London. He was in partnership with J. H. Miller from 1961 until 1988. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture at Princeton University. His other publications include 'Essays in Architecture: Modern Architecture and Historical Change' and 'Modernity and the Classical Tradition: Architectural Essays 1980-1987'.

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