With almost 300 entries, this architectural A to Z offers an indispensable overview of thekey players in the creation of modern space.Covering modern architecture from the19th into the 21st century, pioneering architects are each featured with a portrait and a concise biography, as well as a description of his or her important work.Like a bespoke global architecture tour, this book will allow you to travel fromManhattan skyscrapersto a Japanese concert hall, fromAntoni Gaudís Palau Güell in Barcelona toLina Bo Bardis sports and leisure center on a former factory site in São Paulo. You ll take inGio Pontis colored geometries,Zaha Hadids free-flowing futurism, the luminous interiors ofSANAA, andCharles Rennie Mackintoshs unique blend of Scottish tradition and elegantjaponisme.The book s A to Z entries also covergroups, movements, and stylesto position these leading individual architects within broader building trends across time and geography, includingInternational Style, Bauhaus, De Stijl, and much more. With illustrations including some of thebest architectural photography of the modern era, this is a comprehensive resource for any architecture professional, student, or devotee.
