Taken seven years in the making, this title features 600 entries, 5,200 illustrations...This is an unprecedented architecture encyclopedia. Unlike most architecture encyclopedias, which tend to concentrate more on buildings and floor plans than their designers, this tome puts the architects in the spotlight, profiling individuals so that readers can get a clear overview of their bodies of work. Each architect's entry features a portrait, quote, and short biography as well as a description of important works, historical context, and general approach; illustrations include numerous drawings, photographs, and floor plans. The book's A to Z entries cover t only architects but also groups, movements, and styles from the 18th to the 21st centuries. With 600 entries and 5,200 illustrations, The A-Z of Modern Architecture is a comprehensive resource that architecture professional, fan, or student should be without. It features: 566 architects from the 18th to the 21st century; architect portrait, quote, and short biography; description of important works, historical context, and general approach; and, numerous drawings, photographs, and plans.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taschen Gmbh
ISBN-10
3836521326
ISBN-13
9783836521321
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96849756
Product Key Features
Author
Peter Gossel
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Architecture
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
4663g
Height
238mm
Width
305mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Cologne
Spine
64mm
Edited by
Peter Gossel
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
Peter Gossel runs a practice for the design of museums and exhibitions. He is the editor of TASCHEN's monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra, as well as the editor of the Basic Architecture Series.