Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World
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Design Museum Fifty
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, PoissyRockefeller Center, New YorkEames House, Los AngelesMontreal Biosphere, MontrealPompidou Centre, ParisGuggenheim Museum, BilbaoBeijing Olympic Stadium, BeijingSelfridges, Birmingham...and many more.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781840916898
- Author: DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD, Deyan Sudjic
- Pub date: 02.03.15
- RRP: $29.99
- Format: Electronic book text
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DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD, Deyan Sudjic
The Design Museum (Author)
The Design Museum's mission is to celebrate, entertain and inform. It is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to fashion, and architecture to graphics. It is working to place design at the centre of contemporary culture and demonstrates both the richness of the creativity to be found in all forms of design, and its importance.Deyan Sudjic (Author) Deyan Sudjic is a writer, broadcaster and director of the Design Museum. Before his post at the Design Museum, he was the design and architecture critic for The Observer, the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University and co-chair of the Urban Age Advisory Board. He is a leading figure in the field of architectural theory.Other books by the author
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