Modern architecture
By: Manfredo Tafuri, Francesco Dal Co ; translated from the Italian by Robert Erich Wolf.
Contributors: Dal Co, Francesco,  1945-
Series: History of world architecture; History of world architecture (Electa/Rizzoli)
Publisher: Electa/Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Architecture, Modern  -- 19th century.; Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.; City planning.
Work titles: Architettura contemporanea. 
Description: Modern Architecture/1 and 2 document the incredible diversity and change that have taken place in architectural and urban design during the past one hundred years. The informative text offers an in-depth analysis of societal forces shaping the landscape of modern architecture throughout Europe and the United States. Volume 1 covers issues ranging from urbanism and town planning at the turn of the century through the work of design groups such as the Deutsche Werkbund and individuals such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright to nationalistic and totalitarian architecture in Italy and Germany prior to and during the Second World War. Volume 2 traces concepts of urbanism and building theories after World War II through the 1970s, following the work of architects such as Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto as well as the younger generation of practitioners of international reputation and influence. Also includes information on Amsterdam (Holland), Barcelona (Spain), Basel (Switzerland), Peter Behrens, Berlin (Germany), Boston (Massachusetts), Brussels (Belgium), Cambridge (Massachusetts), Celle (Germany), Chandigarh (India), Chicago (Illinois), Como (Italy), Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), constructivism, Detroit (Michigan), Dusseldorf (Germany), Florence (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany).

Futurism, Geneva (Switzerland), Genoa (Italy), Walter Gropius, The Hague, Helsinki (Finland), Hilversum (Holland), international style, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), Leningrad (USSR), London (England), Adolf Loos, Los Angeles (California), Lyons (France), Madison (Wisconsin), Madrid (Spain), Erich Mendesohn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Milan (Italy), Moscow (USSR), neo-classicism, neo-expressionism, neo-empiricism, neo-gothic, neo-plasticism, neo-Romanesque, neo-Romantic, Neue Sachlichkeit (New objectivity), New Haven (Connecticut), New York City (New York), Oak Park (Illinois), Paris (France), Pasadena (California), Auguste Perret, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Hans Poelzig, Prague (Czechoslovakia), Prairie School, Racine (Wisconsin), Henry Hobson Richardson, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rome (Italy), Rotterdam (Holland), Eliel Saarinen, St. Louis (Missouri), San Francisco (California), Stockholm (Sweden), Stuttgart (Germany), Bruno Taut, Heinrich Tessenow, Tokyo (Japan), Turin (Italy), Venice (Italy), Martin Wagner, Otto Wagner, Weimar Repulbic, Frank Lloyd Wright, Zurich (Switzerland).
Notes: Translation of: Architettura contemporanea.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 401-403.