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Tower and office from modernist theory to contemporary practice

Iñaki Ábalos 1956- Juan Herreros 1958-

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Title:
Tower and office from modernist theory to contemporary practice
Author: Iñaki Ábalos 1956-
Juan Herreros 1958-
Subjects: Le Corbusier 1887-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation; Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Critique et interpretation; Skyscrapers -- United States; Architecture and technology -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Gratte-ciel -- Etats-Unis; Architecture et technologie -- Etats-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e si ecle; EDIFÍCIOS ALTOS -- ESTADOS UNIDOS; TECNOLOGIA (ARQUITETURA) -- Século 20
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description: "In Tower and Office, Spanish architects Inaki Abalos and Juan Herreros look at the role and impact of advanced building technologies in American architecture since World War II. The war, they claim, marked the end of the first cycle of modernism, challenging the belief that technological progress alone could produce a perpetually better future. At the same time, the war was the source of powerful new structural models and construction methods. The authors examine the ways these technologies have been inflected over the last half century by more subjective and integrated processes of spatial organization."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Cambridge, MA MIT Press London
Creation Date: c2003
Format: x, 295 p. ill., plans 24 cm..
Language: English

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