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Modern Architecture
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Modern Architecture
Blake, Peter. The Master Builders: Le Corbusier, Mies Van Der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright. Norton, 1996. The story of modern architecture told in the works of Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Curtis, William J. R. Modern Architecture Since 1900. Phaidon, 1996. Survey of modern architectural movements and architects.
Dietsch, Deborah K. Classic Modern: Midcentury Modern at Home. Simon & Schuster, 2000. Focuses on the designers and architects from the 1940s and 1950s.
Ford, Edward. The Details of Modern Architecture. MIT Press, 1990, 1996. In-depth exploration of the conflict between building design and building construction.
Frampton, Kenneth. Modern Architecture: A Critical History. Thames & Hudson, 1992. Provocative survey of modern architecture and theory.
Ghirardo, Diane. Architecture After Modernism. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Wide-ranging discussion of international developments in architecture after the 1960s.
Glancey, Jonathan. 20th Century Architecture: The Structures that Shaped the Century. Overlook, 1999. Beautifully illustrated guide to the 20th-century's quest for modernism.
Johnson, Donald Leslie. Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood, 1997. Comprehensive reference work with biographies of leading modern architects.
Muriel, Emanuel, ed. Contemporary Architects. St. James Press, 1994. Biographical encyclopedia of modern and contemporary architects, with illustrations of their work; includes bibliographies.
Peter, John. The Oral History of Modern Architecture. Abrams, 1994. Interviews with more than 70 prominent architects.
Thiel-Siling, Sabine, ed. Icons of Architecture: The 20th Century. te Neuss, 1998. An illustrated work that examines 85 memorable structures.
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