Soviet Architecture, 1917-1987
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture
Author : R. Stephen Sennott
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781579584337
Book Description
"A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and theory of the profession make this an especially useful source on a century of the world's most notable architecture. The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Makers of 20th-century Modern Architecture
Author : Donald Leslie Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1884964931
Book Description
Makers of 20th-Century Modern Architecture is an indispensable reference book for the scholar, student, architect or layman interested in the architects who initiated, developed, or advanced modern architecture. The book is amply illustrated and features the most prominent and influential people in 20th-century modernist architecture including Wright, Eisenman, Mies van der Rohe and Kahn. It describes the milieu in which they practiced their art and directs readers to information on the life and creative activities of these founding architects and their disciples. The profiles of individual architects include critical analysis of their major buildings and projects. Each profile is completed by a comprehensive bibliography.
Architecture
Author : Henry-Russell Hitchcock
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300053203
Book Description
This book examines a period which is far more than a prelude to the age of steel and concrete. The first half-century culminated in the bold iron and glass of the Crystal Palace. There follows the creation of the modern styles of the era based on traditions of the past, and finally, in the 20th century, Art Nouveau and the modern architects in their generations - Perret, Wright, Gropius, Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and others in many parts of the world.
Pioneers of Soviet Architecture
Author : Selim Omarovich Khan-Magomedov
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 36,44 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
Soviet Architecture, 1917-1962
Author : Anatole Senkevitch
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
Traces the role of the draft horse throughout history and describes the characteristics of some of the most popular breeds including the Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron, Shire, and Suffolk.
Russian Modernism
Author : Jean-Louis Cohen
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892363858
Book Description
This comprehensive bibliography of the Russian Modernist holdings of the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities comprises both published and unpublished material dating from approximately 1905 to 1941, an era that saw unprecedented political change and an explosion of new artistic strategies. The Research Institute's holdings include Russian and foreign-language translations of Russian texts, exhibition and museum catalogues, children's books, limited editions, journals, lithographs, offprints, pamphlets, collected papers, photographic albums, plays, portfolios, posters, songs, and transcripts. This extensive reference will be essential for librarians, scholars, students, and rare book dealers.
Architectural Drawings of the Russian Avant-garde
Author : Catherine Cooke
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
Constructivist Architecture in the USSR
Author : Anatole Kopp
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Book Description
History of Architectural Theory
Author : Hanno-Walter Kruft
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568980102
Book Description
As the first comprehensive encyclopedic survey of Western architectural theory from Vitruvius to the present, this book is an essential resource for architects, students, teachers, historians, and theorists. Using only original sources, Kruft has undertaken the monumental task of researching, organizing, and analyzing the significant statements put forth by architectural theorists over the last two thousand years. The result is a text that is authoritative and complete, easy to read without being reductive.
