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• Introduction
• 6
• 1900 - 1913
• 8 1914 - 1938
• 30 1939 - 1959
• 84 1960 - 1973
• 160 1974 - 2000
• 236 Further reading
• 316 Index
• 317 Picture credits 320.
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This beautiful book brings together 300 of the best architectural drawings from the last century by the world's most prestigious architects, creating both a history of the genre and a survey of twentieth-century architecture. The book is divided into five chronological sections that are prefaced by short essays that highlight the trends and styles of that period. Each drawing is captioned with key information about the architect, the project and the drawing. Architects whose work features in the book include: Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies Van der Rohe, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid. This dazzling visual feast will appeal to all students and practitioners of architecture as well as anyone with an interest in the subject.
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• List of Plates. Drawings by Erno Goldfinger. Select Bibliography. Index.
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Born in Budapest, Erno Goldfinger studies architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in the 1920s at a time of great artistic ferment. Friendly with leading avant-garde figures such as Basque and Ozenfant, he helped to establish the breakaway atelier of Auguste Perret, the pioneer of reinforced concrete design, who was to be a major influence on his work. Schemes during this Parisian period include the remodelling of apartment interiors for fashionable clients such as Suzanne Blum, the lawyer confidante of the Duchess of Windsor, and the London salon of the beautician, Helena Rubinstein in 1934 he moved to London and unlike many emigre architects who soon left. Goldfinger practised in England until his retirement in 1977. His career reveals a unique insight into the development of Modernism in the UK which is illustrated in this beautiful collection of drawings and sketches from the drawings collection of the RIBA.
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