Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World

Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World

by Deyan Sudjic and DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 16/03/2015

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The history of modern architecture is as diverse as it is beautiful, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to the eye-catching flair of Beijing's CCTV Headquarters.


Contents include:

Villa Savoye, Poissy

Rockefeller Center, New York

Eames House, Los Angeles

Montreal Biosphere, Montreal

Pompidou Centre, Paris

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

Beijing Olympic Stadium, Beijing

Selfridges, Birmingham

...and many more.

ISBN:
9781840916898
9781840916898
Category:
History of architecture
Format:
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
16-03-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Octopus
Deyan Sudjic

Deyan Sudjic is a writer, broadcaster and director of the Design Museum.

Before his post at the Design Museum, he was the design and architecture critic for The Observer, the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University and co-chair of the Urban Age Advisory Board.

He is a leading figure in the field of architectural theory.

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