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Modern Architecture Since 1900

by William J. R. Curtis

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A survey of twentieth-century architecture, tracing the origins of the modern forms of architecture; looking at the crystallization of modern architecture between the wars; examining the global dissemination of modern architecture between the 1940s and the 1970s; and discussing the development of world architecture since 1980.

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William J. R. Curtis

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Languages: 5 — English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
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ISBNs: 16
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Published: 1982
Genres: Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 720
LCC: NA680 .C87

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