Architectural Photography

A captivating history of 20th-century Modern American architecture, as seen through the eyes of a legendary photographer

Claire Zimmerman reveals how photography profoundly influenced architectural design in the past century, playing an instrumental role in the evolution of modern architecture. This richly illustrated work shows, for the first time, how new ideas and new buildings arose from the interplay of photography and architecture-transforming how we see the world and how we act on it.

How do we want to live? How shall we build? Where can we find ideas for the houses and cities of the future? Niklas Maak and Johanna Diehl focus their attention on these highly topical questions in their joint project "Eurotopians". In times of change this volume casts its backward gaze on the work of European utopians in order to find visions for the present.

This generously illustrated examination of architectural photography from the 1930s to the present shows how the medium has helped shape familiar views of iconic buildings.

An insightful book on globalised economy, intercontinental trade, gender roles and pop culture, incorporating a close investigation of urban processes of uniformity and of discrepancies between cultural standardisation and local diversity.