The History of Architecture: From the Avant-Garde Towards the Present

Organised chronologically, this volume analyses the dynamics, convergences, and ideological clashes that have given life to the most significant movements of the twentieth century. Today, it also explores the recent phantasmagoric buildings of the so-called Star System.

Illuminating and insightful, the volume is a much-needed guide for students, educators, or anyone interested in architecture. Written as if it were a novel, in a clear and compelling way, The History of Architecture: From 1900 until Today examines the main buildings designed over more than 120 years of history. It covers those famous and appreciated unanimously by critics, as well as those of great value that were neglected for ideological reasons.

Read in its contradictions, architecture becomes a fresco that tells us about our complicated history, our multiple tensions, and our filled and unfulfilled desires.