The Story Of Contemporary Architecture

Author: Paolo Favole

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Price : $19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9783791345987
Publisher : Prestel
Imprint : Prestel
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Weight (g) : 0.59
Publication date : December 2010
Dimensions : 250mm X 190mm X 15mm
Produced in : Germany
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Language : en
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Part of a new, accessibly written, and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features contemporary architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. From post- and neo-modernist to deconstructivist and contextualist, contemporary architecture embraces a wide range of approaches. It is unified by its accomplishment of technical challenges, innovative use of resources and space, and insistence on forward-looking design. Some of the most renowned contemporary architects exemplifying these principals are Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hahid, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, and Frank Gehry.

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PAOLO FAVOLE is a freelance writer based in Milan, Italy. He has written numerous books on architecture.

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