Sharr, Adam

Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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ISBN 13:: 9780198783442
author:: Sharr, Adam
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Oxford University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2018
Pages:: 192
Dimensions:: 17.6 x 10.9 x 1.1 centimetres (0
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Buildings
Condition:: New
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Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

This book explores how architecture changed between 1910 and 1970, transforming cities from overcrowded conurbations to spacious realms of generous housing and clean mechanized production. Adam Sharr examines the technical innovations that enabled this transformation, including the invention of steel and reinforced concrete.

Sharr discusses how architects responded to these innovations, connecting them with modern art and industrial design, and considers the work of historians and critics who helped shape modern architecture. By exploring a selection of modern buildings, he reveals what modern architecture was like, why it existed, and how it was imagined.

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