Modern Architecture - The Basics

Modern Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late eighteenth century.

List of contents

1. Modernism and Postmodernism 2. Revolution and Republicanism 3. Picturesque and Sublime 4. Technology and Materials 5. Functionalism and Rationalism 6. Style and Nationalism 7. Urbanization and Landscape 8. Arts and Crafts 9. Ornament and Structure 10. Space and Form 11. Avant-Garde and Representation 12. Internationalism and Universalism 13. Machines and Systems 14. Authoritarianism and Monumentality 15. Vernacular and Tradition 16. Education and Professionalism 17. Gender and Discrimination 18. History and Order 19. Regionalism and Tectonics 20. Place and Invention 21. Theory and Practice 22. Postcolonialism and Hybridity 23. Race and Resistance 24. Environmentalism and Indigeneity

About the author

Graham Livesey is Emeritus Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary.

Summary

Modern Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Livesey, Graham (University of Calgary Livesey, Livesey Graham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032517964
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251796-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: BASICS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-), ARCHITECTURE / Reference, c 1500 onwards to present day, Urban & municipal planning, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Theory of architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building