Why you can build it like that : modern architecture explained /
by John Zukowsky
- London : Thames and Hudson, 2015.
- 224 p. : col. ill.
with 100 colour illustration. Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Triumph of Geometry : circles, rectangles, triangles, and trapezoids -- 2. Space Age Aesthetics -- 3. Pop Culture and Design -- 4. Shards and Shapes : Skyscraper Style -- 5. Escape to the Past ? Or Back from the Future?
An original and engoing study of iconic and iconoclastic modern architecture : from the unusual to the truly avant-garde, John Zukowsky examines the design and purpose of 100 modern buildings, and the reaction they provided whey they were built.