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The most influential 20th century architects espousing modernism are brought together in critical discussion and independent profiles. This is accomplished through a short but discriminating examination of each architect's design work, an essay outlining the historical course and events that confirms his or her vital position, and a substantial bibliography at the completion of each profile. This sourcebook examines the life and creative activities of such founding architects as Wright, Eisenman, Van der Rohe, and Kahn, as well as their disciples. This volume will be of interest to social and cultural historians, scholars, students of all ages, architects, and the appreciative lay audience. The architects and or firms chosen for the sourcebook were selected as a result of many years of research that required extensive reading of materials by respected experts. From such research, the editors were able to determine the individuals or groups who have been most influential in charting the course of a Westernized modern architecture. From evidence of their productive activities—proof in timber—there is a consensus that each made a unique contribution. The nature and measure of the contribution is discussed within each profile. Those whose reputations are based on paper only, with few buildings to prove their worth, are not included. The editors believe that architecture is an experiential art: all the senses must participate, and that requires the actual built product.

Table of Contents:
Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Whither We Went Abbreviations The Sourcebook Appendices Coda Chronology and Founders Index

About the Author :
DONALD LESLIE JOHNSON is a native of Washington state and was a member of Louis Kahn's master's class at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught architectural design, theory, and history at universities in the United States and Australia, taking early retirement from Flinders University. He is author of Frank Lloyd Wright versus America: The 1930s (1990) and with Donald Langmead, The Adelaide City Plan (1986). He has written extensively on Wright and Walt Griffin. DONALD LANGMEAD is Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Faculty of Art, Architecture, and Design at the University of South Australia.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780313293535
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook
  • ISBN-10: 0313293538
  • Publisher Date: 18 Mar 1997
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 512


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