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Modern Architecture and Design: An Alternative History

by Bill Risebero

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British architect and planner Bill Risebero recreates 200 years of modern architecture and design against a backdrop of class dominance over rising industrialism. The lively and opinionated text and more than 1,000 captioned drawings by the author provide a refreshing reinterpretation of architectural developments in the modern period. -- from book cover.

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Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction, History, Technology
DDC/MDS: 724 — Arts & recreation Architecture Architecture from 1400
LCC: NA642 .R57 — Fine Arts 2599.5-2599.9 Architectural criticism Architecture History
BISAC: ARC ARCHITECTURE General

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Published: 1982
Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction, History, Technology
DDC/MDS: 724
LCC: NA642 .R57

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