L'Architecture Moderne depuis 1900

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Cette troisième édition - la première à paraître en français -, a été entièrement révisée et enrichie, avec 7 nouveaux chapitres et un panorama complet de l'évolution mondiale récente. Aborde l'architecture récente du monde entier. 42 chapitres et plus de 800 illustrations, accompagnés d'une bibliographie et de notes. Un texte très complet qui regroupe les dimensions pratiques, esthétiques, sociales et intellectuelles de l'architecture, tout en offrant une appréciation nouvelle des identités et de la diversité régionales. Un ouvrage de référence pour qui souhaite comprendre l'architecture du XXème siècle.

William Curtis est réputé dans le monde entier pour ses écrits sur l'architecture. Il est l'auteur de Le Corbusier : Ideas and Forms et de Denys Lasdun, publiés par Phaidon.

Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 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. For the third edition the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Almost every chapter has been expanded and updated, and seven chapters are entirely new, including the whole of Part Four, which covers recent world architecture.

Described 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, and traces the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms throughout the century.

William Curtis has won worldwide acclaim for his architectural writing. His books include Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms and Denys Lasdun (both published by Phaidon).