Why You Can Build It Like That

图书标准信息

• 作者 John Zukowsky 著
• 出版社 Thames & Hudson
• 出版时间 2015-08
• ISBN 9780500291788
• 定价 221.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页

【内容简介】

InWhyYouCanBuildItLikeThat,JohnZukowskyexaminesbuildingsfromthepasthalfcenturyorsothatpushedtheboundariesofwhatwasarchitecturallyacceptablewhentheywerebuilt.100strikinginternationalexamplesofmodernarchitecturearecategorizedintothematicchaptersthatreflectformaswellassociety.Zukowskyexploresthehistoryofthesebuildingsandtheirmakers,presentingrelevantbiographicalfactorsandsocio-culturalinfluencesthatimpactedonthedistinctivedesigns.ThebookincludestheworksofheroicearlymodernistarchitectssuchasLudwigMiesvanderRoheandFrankLloydWright,alongsidelong-establishedarchitecturalfirmssuchasSkidmore,Owings&Merrill.ItalsofeaturesmavericksofthepastandpresentBruceGoff,ShinTakamatsuandShigeruBanandsingulararchitecturalwondersthatreflecttheirowntimes.Readerswillfindoutwhyallthefeaturedbuildingslookthewaytheydo,andwhytheywerecreatedwhenandwheretheywere.Zukowskysoriginaltextunravelstherichandcomplexstoriesthatexistbehindthedesignofsomeoftheworldsmoreunconventionalmonuments,revealingexactlywhyeachbuildingisoneofakind.