Contemporary world architecture

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eng [Engels]

2 [Boek]

London

cop. 1998

ill

Contemporary world architecture is a comprehensive survey of international architecture at the turning point of a new century. Focusing on modern building types and the forces that shape them, it offers a critical study of more than six hundred buildings by key architects worldwide. Analysing thirteen seperate building categories, it traces the pluralist paths of architectural thinking from the seventies to the start of the new millennium. The evolving story of these new forms with their underlying quest for aesthetic consensus is told by Hugh Pearlman, Met lit. opg., reg

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