Encyclopedia of 20th century architecture / general editor, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio, 1951- editor.

Bergdoll, Barry, translator.

Wunsch, Aaron V., Former owner.

Standardized Title:

Hatje-Lexikon der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

German literature--Translations into English.

German literature.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Dictionaries.

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

384 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Revised and enlarged edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : N.N. Abrams, 1985, c1983.

Summary:

This book is an expanded and completely revised edition of Abrams' Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture, published in 1964. With more than 350 entries, this handy new [1986] reference work covers the field of 20th-century architecture on a worldwide sale. Biographies of individual architect and firms include the work of the present generation, such as Michael Graves, Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, Charles Moore, Robert Stern, and Hans Hollein, adding them to those of such earlier architects as Antoni Gaudi, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Sullivan. Lengthy articles cover countries of the world where substantial contributions have been made to building innovations. Architectural associations, groups, and movements are dealt with, and stylistic changes from Art Nouveau to Post-Modernism are described. Every page is illustrated with photographs, drawings, and plans of buildings, more than 450 in all, which greatly enhance the reader's enjoyment and understanding ..."-- provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translation of German title: "Hatje-Lexikon der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts" ; Translated and edited by Barry Bergdoll.

"Published in Great Britain under the title The Thames and Hudson Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture." -- Provided by publisher.

"Originally published in 1964 as Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture, translated and adapted from Knaurs Lexikon de modernen Architektur, edited by Wolfgang Pehnt [...] This completely revised and enlarged 1986 edition is translated and adapted from the revised German edition [...] edited by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani." -- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum circulating copy: From the Library of Aaron V. Wunsch.

ISBN:

0810908603

OCLC:

185066156