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Fifty modern buildings that changed the world

Title
Fifty modern buildings that changed the world / Deyan Sudjic.
Author
Sudjic, Deyan.
Publication
London : Conran Octopus, 2015.

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Design Museum (London, England)
Description
106 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
Summary
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.
Alternative Title
  • 50 modern buildings that changed the world
  • Design Museum fifty modern buildings that changed the world
Subject
  • 1800-2099
  • Buildings > History
  • Architecture, Modern > 19th century
  • Architecture, Modern > 20th century
  • Architecture, Modern > 21st century
  • Architecture, Modern
  • Buildings
  • Arkitektur
  • Byggnader
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • At head of title: Design Museum.
  • Includes index.
ISBN
  • 9781840916805
  • 184091680X
OCLC
  • 894936048
  • SCSB-5861948
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries