Books like Twentieth-century architecture by Dennis P Doordan

A critique of modernist architecture focusing on figures like Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius.

"Index Architecture documents the extensive cross-fertilization of ideas that can occur between architectural practice and education. Through work developed by students and faculty at Columbia University's School of Architecture, it offers not only an archive of avant-garde work but a record of architectural discourse at a time when the design studio has been radically altered by digital technology.". "Writings, interviews, and images are organized according to an alphabetical "index" of key terms. Cross-referencing allows for a rich reading of concepts currently discussed in the field. The contributing critics and theorists include Stan Allen, Karen Bausman, Lise Anne Couture, Kathryn Dean, Evan Douglis, Kenneth Frampton, Leslie Gill, Thomas Hanrahan, Laurie Hawkinson, Steven Holl, Jeffrey Kipnis, Susan Kolatan, Greg Lynn, William MacDonald, Reinhold Martin, Mary McLeod, Victoria Myers, Hani Rashid, Jesse Reiser, Bernard Tschumi, Nanako Umemoto, and Mark Wrigley."--BOOK JACKET.

An exploration of Zaha Hadid’s visionary designs for art and museum buildings, highlighting her modern architectural style and deconstructivist approach.

Exhaustive survey of modern architecture from 1890 to the present, tracing the work of key architects, the evolution of design ideals, and the techniques that shape and transform building details.

Explores the rise and fall of CIAM, the 1928–1960 modernist architectural congress, through its evolving discourse on the “Functional City” and its shift toward social engagement, culminating in the 1959 dissolution.