Steel Architecture: The Designed Landscape of Modernity
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Steel Architecture offers a re-interpretation of Modernist design through an examination of the history of metal-framed buildings, from the mills, warehouses and spectacular glasshouses of the nineteenth century to the multi-form, tall towers which currently characterize the skylines of the world's major cities. Based on extensive research, this insightful book reassesses the development of a signature landscape of Modernism through the lens of contemporary issues, and critically appraises some of the most prominent works of architecture of the Modern age, including Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion, Richard Neutra's Lovell Health House, and Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Topics covered include: Early commercial steel buildingsSteel and mid twentieth-century consumerismThe Chicago skyscrapers of the 1970sHigh Tech architectureThe 'formalist' architecture of the late-Modern period Extensively illustrated and accessibly written, Steel Architecture discusses the meanings behind the visual vocabulary of Modern steel architecture, and places the style in the broad context of the social, political and economic preoccupations of its age.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1785009656
ISBN13:9781785009655
Release Date:November 2021
Publisher:Crowood Press (UK)
Length:160 Pages
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