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The Future of Architecture Since 1889 is the definitive history of this extraordinary period. Author Jean-Louis Cohen, one of the world s leading architectural historians, has written a wide-ranging and compelling account of the developments that have shaped the world we live in today.Covering the entire twentieth century and beyond, from the Paris Universal Explosition of 1889 to the early twenty-first century s globalized architecture culture, this book contains not only hundreds of drawings and photographs, but also publications, portraits, diagrams, film stills and more, placing the radical developments in architecture in this period in a larger context, which includes art, technology, urbanism and critical theory. Global in scope, both comprehensive and incisive, The Future of Architecture Since 1889 is sure to become a canonical text.

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This 500-plus-page tome charts the saga of 20th-century architecture, serving it up in bite-sized, thematic chapters liberally sprinkled with illustrations (many in color) and seasoned with discussions of lesser-known works and designers. - Library Journal <br><br> Written in French, translated into English, and impeccably edited by Joan Ockman, this is an exceptional, erudite text. . . - Kenneth Frampton for Architect's Newspaper <br><br> A stimulating thematic approach. . .to contextualize the blockbuster buildings we know and love. - Architectural Digest <br><br> The eminent architectural historian. . .joins an academic perspective with a narrative voice that replaces industry jargon with a fascinating account. His global viewpoint is rare in this kind of work. . . - Cool Hunting <br><br> A comprehensive, cross-cultural history of the moodier building. . . - ELLE Decor <br><br> Few architectural historians are as lucid and insightful as Jean-Louis Cohen, and this magisterial survey distills his encyclopedic knowledge of the highways and byways of modernism. . .This is a must-have for architects, students, and anyone who cares about the environment. - Form

A stimulating thematic approach [ . . .] to contextualize the blockbuster buildings we know and love. - Architectural Digest <br><br> The eminent architectural historian [. . .] joins an academic perspective with a narrative voice that replaces industry jargon with a fascinating account. His global viewpoint is rare in this kind of work [. . .]. - Cool Hunting.com

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Jean-Louis Cohen is one of the most authoritative historians of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. He is the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU University. An articulate writer, popular lecturer, commentator for the French media, and leader of research teams, Cohen has received many honors and is the author of numerous books and articles about nearly every aspect of how modernization has affected the built environment.

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