Main entry:

Drexler, Arthur, author.

Title & Author:

Transformations in modern architecture / Arthur Drexler.

Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [1979]
Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society
©1979

Description:

168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Based on an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb. 23-April 24, 1979.
Introduction -- Sculptural form. Brutalism ; Imagery ; Blank boxes ; Planes and volumes ; Expressionism ; Sculpture : organic form -- Structure. Cages ; Cantilevers ; Design by system ; Glass skins ; Greenhouses and other public spaces -- Hybrids -- Louis Kahn -- James Stirling -- Robert Venturi -- Elements. Windows ; Colonnade and roof ; Wall into roof ; Parapets ; Earth ; Detachable parts -- Vernacular. Roofs ; Roofs and walls ; Instant village ; Details and decor -- Fragments : the usable past -- Historicizing -- List of architects.
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ISBN:

087070608X (pbk.)
9780870706080 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century Themes, motives Catalogs.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs Catalogues.
Arquitectura S.XX Exposiciones
Architecture, Modern Themes, motives

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogs
Art criticism
Catalogues d'exposition.
Critiques d'art.
Catálogos de exposiciones
Críticas artísticas

Added entries:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 58670
Call No.: 6896 EXHNEWYORK; ID:85-B6259
Status: Available

Location: Library main 58671
Call No.: ID EXHNEWYORK; ID:85-B6259
Status: Available