The Elements of Modern Architecture : Understanding Contemporary Buildings - Understanding Contemporary Buildings

This ambitious publication, now revised and expanded, dissects fifty-five modern masterpieces through specially commissioned freehand drawings that reveal the principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Covering six continents, and ranging from residences to opera houses, influential buildings of the past seven decades are analysed through detailed consideration of their key characteristics - site and surroundings, space and massing, programme and circulation, fenestration and use of natural light - to give an insight into how each design works as a cohesive whole. Appealing to architects, students and everyone who appreciates great buildings, The Elements of Modern Architecture is an essential reference and inspiration for generations to come.

Product details

• Authors: Selen Morkoc, Selen Morkoç, Antony Radford, Radford Antony, Amit Srivastava, Srivastava Amit
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780500023624
• ISBN: 978-0-500-02362-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 310 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 2050 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), Theory of architecture