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Louis I. Kahn's Trenton Jewish Community Center
The Building Studies series examines important buildings through original documents, detailed text, photography, and drawings in an affordable format.
The Bridge
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The Railroad Station
Profusely illustrated book chronicles the evolution of the architecture of the railroad station in both Europe and America from the 1830s to the 1950s. "Carefully documented by all the apparatus of exacting scholarship, and even better by a fascinating collection of more than 230 pictures." — The New York Times.
Sir John Vanbrugh
Profile of the 18th century British architect, Sir John Vanbrugh.
Books in Series
Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.
Making Dystopia
In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice. Tracing the eff...
