Makers of modern architecture. Volume III / Martin Filler.

Main entry:

Filler, Martin, 1948- author.

Title & Author:

Makers of modern architecture. Volume III / Martin Filler.

Publication:

New York : New York Review Books, 2018.

Description:

1 volume

Notes:
Includes index.
Frederick Law Olmsted -- Antoni Gaudí -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstätte -- Edwin Lutyens -- Jan Duiker -- Albert Speer/Gerdy Troost -- The Levitt Brothers -- The New Brutalists -- Louis Kahn -- Paul Rudolph -- Minoru Yamasaki -- Lina Bo Bardi -- Frei Otto -- Frank Gehry -- Renzo Piano -- David Childs/Santiago Calatrava -- Christian de Portzamparc/Rafael Viñoly/Alexander Gorlin -- Maya Lin.

Summary:

"Martin Filler's "contribution to both architecture criticism and general readers' understanding is invaluable," according to Publishers Weekly. This latest installment in his acclaimed Makers of Modern Architecture series again demonstrates his unparalleled skill in explaining the revolutionary changes that have reshaped the built environment over the past century and a half. These studies of more than two dozen master builders--women and men, celebrated and obscure, idealists and opportunists--range from the environmental pioneer Frederick Law Olmsted and the mystical eccentric Antoni Gaudí to the present-day visionaries Frank Gehry and Maya Lin. Filler's broad knowledge embraces everything from the glittering Viennese luxury of Josef Hoffmann to the heavy-duty construction of the New Brutalists, from the low-cost postwar suburbs of the Levitt Brothers to today's super-tall condo towers on Manhattan's Billionaire's Row. Sometimes the interplay of social and political forces leads to dark results, as with Hitler's favorite architect, Albert Speer, and interior designer, Gerdy Troost. More often, though, heroic figures including Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, and Lina Bo Bardi offer uplifting inspiration for the future of the one art form we all live with--and in--every day."--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9781681373027 (hbk.)
1681373025
ebook
9781681373034

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Modern.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304017
Call No.: BIB 249521
Status: Available

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