Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History by Dennis Sharp

by Dennis Sharp

"The Millenial edition of Twentieth Century A Visual History adheres to the original book's to chart chronologically the development, strength, diversity and complexity of modern architecture. In attempting to provide a record of the twentieth century's architecture, author Dennis Sharp has purposely chosen examples which have had some generic importance or have played some innovatory part in architecture over the past 100 years." "Sharp tracks the development of architecture through periods such as modernism, revivalism, avant garde, classicism and expressionism in a decade-by-decade study of the changing face of structural design, art and culture. When the first edition of this book appeared in 1972 it very rapidly achieved the status of essential work of reference. Now, 30 years later, this greatly expanded and revised edition adds the key buildings and architectural concepts of three more decades to the survey and thus covers the entire century." Industry professionals, students and all those fascinated by the art of architecture will benefit from this comprehensive guide to the great and sometimes controversial architectural achievements of our age.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dennis Sharp has been working on this excellent reference work since 1972. In the latest edition, he writes a multi-page overview for each decade 1900 to present, and then within that decade has a good description of each work/building. Make sure you use the 2002 edition where he devotes 75 pages to the decade 1990-1999. This is a very good way to get all of the architectural time periods in order with a good understanding of many leaders of each period. Some of the images are poor...but 1000 noteworthy buildings in a century showing the rise of so many international trends and architects, makes this a worthwhile book to peruse and read over a holiday.

[Zaiga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Confession... I did not read the ENTIRE book. It is practically an encyclopedia! Since it is an older publication,the pictures are in black and white. I can only imagine what some of these buildings look like in color. Still, little blurbs about architecture are perfect when you have a summer-time attention span!