Fifty modern buildings that changed the world
By: Deyan Sudjic
Contributors: Design Museum (London, England)
Publisher: Conran Octopus; Conran
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781840916805
Subjects: Buildings; History; Modern Architecture; Arkitektur; Byggnader
Other titles: 50 modern buildings that changed the world; Design Museum fifty modern buildings that changed the world
Description: 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.
Notes: At head of title: Design Museum.

Includes index.