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ISBN: | 9780191592645 0191592641 0192842269 9780192842268
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes chapter notes (pages 255-263), bibliographical references (pages 264-269), a timeline, list of illustrations (pages 277-281), and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the period, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined, shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Author Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement from the 1890s to the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity, and tradition.
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Other form: | Print version: Colquhoun, Alan, 1921- Modern architecture. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002 0192842269
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