If you like The Elements of Modern Architecture: Understanding Contemporary Buildings

The Elements of Modern Architecture: Understanding Contemporary Buildings
Antony Radford

"Dissects fifty of the world's modern masterpieces, constructed from 1950 to the present, through specially commissioned freehand drawings that reveal the principles and details of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Starting from its site, each work is analyzed through its surroundings, use of natural light, volumes and massing; its program and circulation; and its details, fenestration and ornamentation,…

Here’s what to read next

Mario Botta
Mario Botta
Mario Botta
The natural house
The natural house
Frank Lloyd Wright
A pattern language
A pattern language
Christopher Alexander
Vers une architecture
Vers une architecture
Le Corbusier
History of architecture
History of architecture
Fletcher, Banister Sir
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Bauhaus, 1919-1933
Bauhaus, 1919-1933
Magdalena Droste
Modern architecture since 1900
Modern architecture since 1900
William J. R. Curtis
The Classical Language of Architecture
The Classical Language of Architecture
John N. Summerson
Architectural graphic standards
Architectural graphic standards
Charles George Ramsey
The future of architecture
The future of architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
The Stones of Venice
The Stones of Venice
John Ruskin
Modern architecture
Modern architecture
Kenneth Frampton
Thinking architecture
Thinking architecture
Peter Zumthor
The four books of architecture
The four books of architecture
TETRIS