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Featuring more the 100 of the most significant and influential buildings of the 20th century, this second edition has been expanded aqnd updated to include new buildings from the early part of the 21st century and work by architects who have risen to increasing international prominence.
richly illustrated with hundreds of architectural drawings and photographs, this book inbcludes classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster and Frank Gehery. New entries cover a broad range of buildings types, from Rem Koolhaass spectacular Casa de Música to Steven Holl´s Bloch Extension to the Nelson Atkins Museum and Juha Leiviska´s Myyrmaki Church.
For each building there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing typical floors, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially conmissioned for the book and are based on the most reliable information ans sources.
