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How did the great architects of this century reconcile their vision of architecture with the realities of building? This is a crucial question that every student of architecture must confront. <i>The Details of Modern Architecture</i> the first comprehensive analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in the development of architecture, provides not one answer but many. <p>The more than 500 illustrations are a major contribution in their own right. Providing a valuable collective resource, they present the details of notable architectural works drawn in similar styles and formats, allowing comparisons between works of different scales, periods, and styles.</p> <p>Covering the period 1890-1932, Ford focuses on various recognized masters, explaining the detailing and construction techniques that distort, camouflage, or enhance a building. He looks at the source of each architect's ideas, the translation of those ideas into practice, and the success or failure of the technical execution.</p> <p>Ford examines Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House and Fallingwater Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, and buildings by McKim, Mead &amp; White, Lutyens, Mies van der Rohe, an

Who reads The Details of Modern Architecture: Volume 1 (Details of Modern Architecture)?

Author

Edward R. Ford. [Vol.1]

Publisher

MIT Press; The MIT Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262562010

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Architecture, History, Art