Product Description: Ravnikar, 1907 1993, is considered the central figure in Slovenia s post-WWII architecture. He was Joze Plecnik s most famous student. Plecnik studied under Otto Wagner. Ravnikar worked for Le Corbusier in Paris as of 1939 after completing his studies in 1935...read more

Product Description: This book provides an overview of the work of Carlos Ferrater, one of the most active and internationally acclaimed Spanish architects working today. Recent projects such as the Fitness Center in Barcelona, the Impiva headquarters in Castellon, and the Movie Studio in Barcelona, represent a new level of architectural brilliance from Ferrater...read more

Product Description: A study of the work of Denis Lasdun, this volume examines the ideas and guiding myths behind Lasdun's forms and shows how his architecture fits into both the British and international modern movements, and how it is indebted to classical and earlier traditions...read more

Product Description: The world's most highly regarded architecture award is celebrated in this generously illustrated edition, which celebrates selected buildings and projects by each of the 21 winners. 370 illustrations, 200 in full color. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book on 20th-century architecture places the emphasis on individual architects, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value. It also provides treatment of technical, economic, social and intellectual developments, incorporating new knowledge and research...read more

Product Description: Le Corbusier (1887 -- 1965) has been one of the dominant forces in twentieth-century architecture, and many of the forms he created have become archetypes of Modernism. He was also a social visionary and a writer of polemics, whose ideas have generated intense and partisan controversy...read more