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Curtis's expansive and exhaustive look at the greatest architecture of the last century is widely considered a seminal architecture work. Effectively placing the century's major movements and most important masters in historical context, Curtis allows us to see not only where we've been but where we're going.

Library Journal

This third edition of the 1982 original has been greatly revisedseven additional chaptersto reflect new developments since its initial release. The volume's well-detailed text is buttressed with 650 color and black-and-white illustrations. This should be a standard volume in all architecture collections.

Booknews

Now established as the standard work on 20th-century architecture, this text combines a general outline of the growth of a modern tradition with analysis and interpretation of individual buildings. The author blends practical, aesthetic, and social dimensions while emphasizing the formal and symbolic aspects of the art. Three of seven new chapters are included at the end of a section on recent world developments, placing contemporary architecture in a historical and cultural perspective. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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