The Elements of Modern Architecture. Understanding Contemporary Buildings

Oprawa: PLC (no jacket), Format: 22x29,7 cm, Stron: 344, Incles c. 2,500 line drawings and 50 photographs,  2014 r.

Fifty of the world’s modern architectural masterpieces, constructed between 1950 and the present, are analysed through specially commissioned drawings that reveal the principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring.

Starting from its site, each work is analysed through its surroundings, use of natural light, volumes and massing; its program and circulation; and its details, fenestration and ornamentation, showing the reader how the building works as a cohesive whole.

Aimed at architects, stents and everyone who appreciates great buildings, 'The Elements of Modern Architecture' will be an essential reference and inspiration for generations to come.

  Introduction

01    Sarabhai House | 1951–55 Ahmedabad, India – Le Corbusier
02    Canova Museum | 1955–57 Possagno, Treviso, Italy – Carlo Scarpa
03    Sydney Opera House | 1957–73 Sydney, Australia – Jørn Utzon
04    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | 1943–59 New York, USA – Frank Lloyd Wright
05    Leicester Engineering Building | 1959–63 Leicester, England – Stirling & Gowan
06    Salk Institute for Biological Sties | 1959–66 La Jolla, California, USA – Louis Kahn
07    Louisiana Museum of Modern Art | 1956–58 Humlebaek, Denmark– Jørgen Bo and Wilhelm Wohlert
08    Yoyogi National Gymnasium | 1961–64 Tokyo, Japan – Kenzo Tange
09    Seinäjoki Town Hall | 1958–65 Seinäjoki, Ostrobothnia, Finland – Alvar Aalto
10    St Mary’s Cathedral | 1961–64 Tokyo, Japan – Kenzo Tange
11    Hedmark Museum | 1967–79 Hamar, Norway – Sverre Fehn
12    Indian Institute of Management | 1963–74 Ahmedabad, India – Louis Kahn
13    Bagsvaerd Church | 1974–76 Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark – Jørn Utzon 
14    Milan House | 1972–75 Cidade Jardim, São Paulo, Brazil – Marcos Acayaba Arquitetos
15    HSBC Office Building | 1979–86 Hong Kong, China – Foster Associates
16    Neue Staatsgalerie | 1977–84 Stuttgart, Germany – James Stirling, Michael Wilford & Associates 
17    House at Martha’s Vineyard | 1984–88 Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA – Steven Holl Architects
18    Church on the Water | 1985–88 Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan – Tadao Ando Architect & Associates 
19    Lloyd’s of London Office Building | 1978–86 London, England – Richard Rogers 
20    Arab World Institute | 1981–87 Paris, France – Jean Nouvel 
21    Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art | 1987–95 Barcelona, Spain – Richard Meier 
22    Vitra Fire Station | 1990–93 Weil am Rhein, Germany – Zaha Hadid Architects
23    Lord’s Media Centre | 1994–99 London, England – Future Systems
24    Menara UMNO | 1995–98 Penang, Malaysia – Kenneth Yeang, T. R. Hamzah & Yeang 
25    Dancing Building | 1992–96 Prague, Czech Republic – Frank O. Gehry & Associates / Vlado Milunic 
26    Eastgate | 1991–96 Harare, Zimbabwe – Pearce Partnership 
27    Thermal Baths in Vals | 1986–96 Vals, Switzerland – Peter Zumthor
28    Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | 1991–97 Bilbao, Spain – Frank O. Gehry & Associates 
29    ESO Hotel | 1998–2002 Cerro Paranal, Chile – Auer+Weber 
30    Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre | 1996–99 New South Wales, Australia – Murcutt Lewin Lark
31    Jewish Museum Berlin | 1988–99 Berlin, Germany – Daniel Libeskind 
32    Quadracci Pavilion | 1994–2001 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – Santiago Calatrava 
33    B2 House | 1999–2001 Büyükhüsun, Ayvacık, Turkey – Han Tümertekin 
34    Caixa Forum | 2001–3 Madrid, Spain – Herzog & de Meuron 
35    New Museum | 2001–7 New York, USA – SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa) 
36    Scottish Parliament Building | 1998–2002 Edinburgh, Scotland – EMBT / RMJM 
37    Yokohama Port Terminal | 1995–2002 Yokohama, Japan – Foreign Office Architects 
38    Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | 1996–2002 Fort Worth, Texas, USA – Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
39    Kunsthaus Graz | 2000–3 Graz, Austria – Spacelab Cook-Fournier / ARGE Kunsthaus 
40    Linked Hybrid | 2003–9 Beijing, China – Steven Holl Architects 
41    Santa Caterina Market | 1997–2005 Barcelona, Spain – EMBT 
42    Southern Cross Station | 2001–6 Melbourne, Australia – Grimshaw Architects / Jackson Architecture 
43    Meiso no Mori Crematorium | 2004–6 Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan– Toyo Ito & Associates 
44    Civil Justice Centre | 2001–7 Manchester, England – Denton Corker Marshall 
45    Green School | 2005–7 Bandung, Bali, Indonesia – Green School PT Bambu 
46    Mimesis Museum | 2007–9 Paju Book City, Republic of Korea – Álvaro Siza / Castanheira & Bastai / Jun Sung Kim
47    Juilliard School & Alice Tully Hall | 2003–9 New York, USA – Diller Scofidio + Renfro / FXFOWLE 
48    41 Cooper Square | 2004–9 New York, USA – Morphosis Architects 
49    Oslo Opera House | 2002–8 Oslo, Norway – Snøhetta 
50    MAXXI | 1998–2009 Rome, Italy – MAXXI Zaha Hadid Architects

        Endnote: Some common themes
        Acknowledgments and Picture credits
        Further reading
        Index