Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

Modern Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Adam Sharr tells the story of how modern architecture developed and produced its powerful cultural images. Considering the new building materials and techniques which shaped the movement, such as innovations in steel and concrete and the advent of air conditioning, he concludes by asking whether contemporary architecture remains modern at heart.

AMC; AMA; AMG

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Adam Sharr (Professor of Architecture, and Head of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK) – Oxford University Press