Modern Architecture (Art in Detail)

Art in Detail: Modern Architecture takes a unique approach to revealing and illuminating, in close-up detail, the design styles and techniques of the leading architects of the modern age. Using a series of die-cut windows, the book allows the reader to view twenty of the most significant modern buildings—including Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye and the extraordinary Burj Al Arab Hotel— from a variety of angles and viewpoints.

• Every building is beautifully reproduced and accompanied by a timeline showing its place in the genre.
• Carefully positioned, reversible die-cut windows allow each building to be viewed as a spotlit and magnified detail, with text and graphics summarizing the architect’s characteristic design style and explaining construction and engineering techniques.
• An innovative and irresistible art giftbook that reveals and revitalizes the design and construction of twenty significant works of modern architecture.

Art in Detail: Modern Architecture takes a unique approach to revealing and illuminating, in close-up detail, the design styles and techniques of the leading architects of the modern age. Using a series of die-cut windows, the book allows the reader to view twenty of the most significant modern buildings—including Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye and the extraordinary Burj Al Arab Hotel— from a variety of angles and viewpoints.

• Every building is beautifully reproduced and accompanied by a timeline showing its place in the genre.
• Carefully positioned, reversible die-cut windows allow each building to be viewed as a spotlit and magnified detail, with text and graphics summarizing the architect’s characteristic design style and explaining construction and engineering techniques.
• An innovative and irresistible art giftbook that reveals and revitalizes the design and construction of twenty significant works of modern architecture.

Anthony Hassell studied History of Art at the University of London, and is researching twentieth-century architecture at the University of Sussex.

David Boyle is a former editor of Town & Country Planning and the author of Building Futures.

Jeremy Harwood has written widely on historical topics, including articles on some of the world’s most celebrated buildings.

Elain Harwood, Consultant Editor, is a historian with English Heritage, Trustee of the Twentieth Century Society, and author of England, A Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings.