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Taschen Basic Architecture Series

37 primary works • 37 total works
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series features:

-an introduction to the life and work of the architect

-the major works in chronological order

-information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions

-a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most f…
Aalto
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3.85 · 124 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2004 · 15 editions
Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (18981976) was not o…

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    Ando
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    4.18     · 323 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2006 · 8 editions
    Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a co…

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    Santiago Calatrava
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    4.01     · 158 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2003 · 18 editions
    Book by Philip Jodidio

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    Bauhaus
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    3.87     · 326 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2006 · 26 editions
    In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched bet…

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    Le Corbusier
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    3.93     · 348 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2004 · 36 editions
    Architectural poetry in the machine age …

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    Loos
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    4.02     · 60 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2003 · 5 editions
    Widely regarded as one of the most significant pro…

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    Schinkel
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    3.88     · 40 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 14 editions
    The Modernist outsider "The essence of th…

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    Gaudi
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    4.12     · 536 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1998 · 2 editions
    Inspiring, visionary buildings by the great Gaudí.…

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    Wright
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    4.07     · 591 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1991 · 23 editions
    The Wright idea "The interior space itsel…

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    Neutra
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    4.15     · 86 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2004 · 9 editions
    The quintessential California Modernist "The conti…

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    Hans Scharoun, 1893-1972: Outsider of Modernism
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    3.50     · 22 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2004 · 5 editions
    German architect Hans Scharoun (1893-1972) studied…

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    Walter Gropius: 1883 - 1969: The Promoter of a New Form
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    3.95     · 37 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 7 editions
    Born and educated in Germany, Walter Gropius (1883…

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    Wagner
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    3.80     · 49 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2005 · 6 editions
    Book by August Sarnitz

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    R. M. Schindler
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    3.63     · 46 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1999 · 18 editions
    Maverick of mid-century American architecture …

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    Eames
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    3.99     · 149 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2013 · 10 editions
    Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, ob…

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    Eero Saarinen, 1910-1961: A Structural Expressionist
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    3.98     · 91 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2005 · 15 editions
    Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the 20th cent…

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    Lautner, 1911-1994: Disappearing Space
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    4.05     · 43 Ratings · 4 editions
    Space age architecture "Disappearing spa…

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    Kahn
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    3.86     · 73 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    The late bloomer... Though Louis Isidore Kahn (190…

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    Mies Van Der Rohe
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    4.05     · 273 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2007 · 24 editions
    Less is Finding perfection in purity Ludw…

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    Prouvé
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    3.76     · 33 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 9 editions
    The inspirational vision of Jean Prouvé “One shoul…

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    Koenig Pierre 1925-2004
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    4.07     · 46 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    A leading proponent of the Case Study House progra…

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    Marcel Breuer
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    3.67     · 18 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
    From steel tubes to reinforced the magical Moderni…

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    Candela
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    4.11     · 19 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2008 · 7 editions
    The focus of this monograph on Spanish-born Félix …

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    Palladio
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    3.62     · 42 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Frey
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    4.27     · 15 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 3 editions
    Lorsque Albert Frey (1903-1998) a quitté sa Suisse…

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    Ponti
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    3.47     · 17 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2009 · 4 editions
    Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (18911979…

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    Shigeru Ban
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    4.00     · 27 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 10 editions
    Challenging accepted notions of architecture Famed…

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    Hadid
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    4.31     · 134 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2012 · 14 editions
    The iconic work of a singular architect
     

    Zaha Hadi…

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    Renzo Piano
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    4.19     · 26 Ratings · 2 editions
    The wide-ranging career of the Italian virtuoso
     

    "…

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    Nouvel
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    3.90     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    France's leading architect
     

    Jean Nouvel, winner of…

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    Oscar Niemeyer, 1907: Die ewige Morgenröte
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    3.61     · 18 Ratings · published 2012 · 4 editions
    Der Mann, der die Zukunft baute
    Arbeiten aus 70 Jah…

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    Richard Meier
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    4.00     · 18 Ratings · published 2009 · 4 editions
    The work of celebrated American architect Richard …

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    Scarpa
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    4.09     · 11 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2009 · 6 editions
    CARLO SCARPA fue un virtuoso de la luz, un maestro…

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    UNStudio
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    3.81     · 21 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Book by Betsky, Aaron

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    Mendelsohn Erich, 1887-1953
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    4.88     · 8 Ratings · published 2007 · 1 edition
    The work of Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953) is extrao…

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    Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956: Ve vesmíru krásy.
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    3.76     · 17 Ratings · published 2007 · 5 editions
    ISBN 9783836506939 (Taschen)

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    Case Study Houses
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    4.29     · 485 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2002 · 42 editions
    The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exce…

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