Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900
has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it
combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and
interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual
developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which
provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout
the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the
qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value.
For the third edition, the text has been radically revised and expanded,
incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional
identity and variety. Seven chapters are entirely new, including
expanded coverage of recent world architecture.
Described by James Ackerman of Harvard University as 'immeasurably the
finest work covering this field in existence', this book presents a
penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, tracing
the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an
astonishing richness of architectural forms across the world and
throughout the century.