Modern Architecture and Design
Bill Risebero(Author)
Herbert Press Ltd
Published on 22. February 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-871569-13-1 (ISBN)
Description
A history of modern architecture, including design technology, from the early 19th century onwards, this book also charts the economic and social developments which influenced the designers and buildings of the past 200 years.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
120pp b&w illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 98 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-871569-13-1 (9781871569131)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The modern Prometheus - industrial revolution; contrasts - Britain/America in the early 19th century; the philosophy of right - continental Europe in the early 19th century; how we live and how we might live - Europe in the mid-19th century; the will to power - Europe/America in the late 19th century; the light that failed - the turn of the century; the state and revolution - World War I; brave new world - World War II and after.