William Curtis has won worldwide acclaim for his architectural writing. His books include Le Courbusier: Ideas and Forms and the best-selling Modern Architecture Since 1900, both also published by Phaidon.
Preface | p. 6 |
Introduction: The search for principles | p. 8 |
Formative years | p. 18 |
The emergence of a theme | p. 38 |
Modern architecture in a classical setting | p. 62 |
Architecture as urban landscape | p. 80 |
City and theatre | p. 108 |
From idea to form | p. 130 |
Extending a language | p. 158 |
Conclusion: tradition and transformation | p. 190 |
Appendix: Selected writings of Denys Lasdun | p. 206 |
Footnotes | p. 226 |
Bibliography | p. 233 |
Biographical summary | p. 235 |
List of works | p. 236 |
Index | p. 237 |
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