Main entry:

Filler, Martin, 1948- author.

Title & Author:

Makers of modern architecture / Martin Filler.

Publication:

New York : New York Review, [2007]
York : Signature Book Services [distributor]
©2007

Description:

xviii, 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
"A New York Review collection"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Louis Sullivan -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Le Corbusier -- Alvar Aalto -- Charles and Ray Eames -- Louis Kahn -- Philip Johnson -- Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown -- Frank Gehry -- Richard Meier -- Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti -- Norman Foster -- Renzo Piano -- Daniel Libeskind/David Childs -- Santiago Calatrava.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Everyone knows what modern architecture looks like, but few understand how this revolutionary new form of building emerged little more than a century ago or what its aesthetic, social, even spiritual aspirations were. Through illuminating studies of the leading men and women who forever changed our built environment, veteran architecture critic Martin Filler offers fresh insights into this unprecedented cultural transformation. From Louis Sullivan, father of the skyscraper, to Frank Gehry, magician of post-millennial museum, Filler emphasizes how their force of personality has had a decisive effect on everything from how we inhabit our homes to how we shape our cities"--Inside cover.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

9781590172278 (hardback)
1590172272 (hardback)

Subject:

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

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252905
Call No.: BIB 182009
Status: Available