ICONS OF ARCHITECTURE - THE 20th CENTURY

ICONS OF ARCHITECTURE

Icons of Architecture: the 20th Century highlights the world’s best modern architecture, the people behind the buildings, and the impact they have had on their surroundings. Includes:

• Sagrada Familia
• Glasgow School of Art
• Peace Center Hiroshima
• Congress Buildings Brasilia
• Sydney Opera House
• Economist Building
• Parliament Buildings Dhaka
• Centre Georges Pompidopu
• Lloyd's of London
• Louvre Pyramid
• Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
• Kansai International Airport
• Petronas Towers
• KLIA

The buildings profiled here have proved enduring monuments to their architects’ visions and the hopes and dreams of their eras. Presented in full-colour, double-page spreads, these buildings represent nearly every continent on the globe and almost every architectural trend of the past century. The double-page spreads provide numerous photographs and plans, a summary of the architect’s career, and fascinating anecdotes about building sites, materials, and construction. For architectural students, travellers and the general reader, this insightful book is the next best thing to visiting the buildings themselves. 

This is a chronologically arranged overview of 20th-century architecture recognised wordlwide as icons. Each of the buildings examined were considered spectacular in their own time, either owing to their structural innovation, style, or as completely novel building types. New York City's Chrysler Building, LLoyds of London, Paris' Arche de la Defense and the new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. All of these structures have become places of pilgrimage for architecture enthusiasts. Some have become landmarks and are waiting to be rediscovered. Each buiilding is presented on a double-page spread with photographs, plans, and texts that describe the building's special features and historical significance.