Modern architecture and design : an alternative history / Bill Risebero.

Main entry:

Risebero, Bill, 1938-

Title & Author:

Modern architecture and design : an alternative history / Bill Risebero.

Edition:

1st MIT Press ed.

Publication:

Description:

256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.
1. The modern Prometheus : the industrial revolution -- 2. Contrasts : Britain and American in the early 19th century -- 3. The philosophy of right : continental Europe in the early 19th century -- 4. How we live and how e might live : Europe in the mid 19th century -- 5. The will to power : Europe and American in the lat 19th century -- 6. The light that failed : the turn of the century -- 7. The state and revolution : the First World War and after -- 8. Brave new world : the Second World War and after.

Summary:

British architect and planner Bill Risebero recreates 200 years of modern architecture and design against a backdrop of class dominance over rising industrialism. The lively and opinionated text and more than 1,000 captioned drawings by the author provide a refreshing reinterpretation of architectural developments in the modern period. -- from book cover.

ISBN:

0262181088
9780262181082
0026181088
9780026181082
9780262680462
0262680467

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 19th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 19e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Arquitetura (Historia)
Arquitetura Moderna.
Architektur
Geschichte (1800-1980)
Design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 142498
Call No.: 0004973 10645; ID:87-B18123
Status: Available

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