Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture by Wolfgang Pehnt (Author)

Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture by Wolfgang Pehnt (Author)

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Abrams; 1st Eng edition (January 1, 1964)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 lbs

Thirty-one distinguished architectural writers from sixteen countries and three continents have combined to produce this, the first encyclopedia of modern architecture ever published. A lucid introduction sketches the rise of the modern movement form the early years of the nineteenth century, after which the articles follow in alphabetical order. The reader can turn in a moment to concise, authoritative expositions of the basic materials of modern architecture under Steel, Reinforced Concrete, and Glass, or find a ready explanation of all the secondary developments from these, such as Suspended Roofs, Space Frames, Prefabrication, and Curtain Walling.

The principal manifestations of the modern movement are fully recorded, from Constructivism and Expressionism via Functionalism and the International Style to Brutalism. Contributions to modern architecture can be studied by schools as under De Stijl, Bauhaus, and Chicago; by countries, from Great Britain to Mexico and Japan; and by individual architects, scores of whom are treated briefly, while the great masters, Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright are the subjects of longer appraisals. 

The book is illustrated with an abundance of clear and relevant photographs, which constitute a valuable pictorial archive of every period and aspect of modern architecture.