Modern forms : a subjective atlas of 20th-century architecture / Nicolas Grospierre ; [edited by Alona Pardo and Elias Redstone ; with a contribution by Adam Mazur]
By: Grospierre, Nicolas [photographer].
Contributor(s): Pardo, Alona [editor] | Redstone, Elias [editor] | Mazur, Adam [writer of supplementary textual content].
Publisher: Munich : Prestel, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 222 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm.Content type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783791382296.Other title: Modern forms : a subjective atlas of twentieth-century architecture | Subjective atlas of 20th-century architecture.Uniform titles: Photographs. Selections. 2016 Subject(s): Grospierre, Nicolas, 1975- | Architectural photography | Modern movement (Architecture) -- Pictorial worksGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA680 .G76 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007064 |
Editor and contributor information for statement of responsibility taken from colophon
Includes index
Texts -- Pictures -- Index
"At once a reference work and a personal exploration of modernist architecture, this ... collection of Nicolas Grospierres photography covers structures built between 1920 and 1989 in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. These images range from iconic buildings, such as the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis and the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development in Kiev, to little-known structures such as the Balneological Hospital in Druskininkai, Lithuania or Oscar Niemeyers unfinished International Fair Grounds in Tripoli. Derived from his popular blog, A Subjective Atlas of Modern Architecture, and organized by architectural form, this book reveals how modernist architecture is the embodiment of political and social ideologies, especially in public institutions such as banks, churches, libraries, and government buildings. Following the series of full-page images, an index details the location, date, architect and purpose of each building"--Publishers website