Modernism

Essays tracing the intellectual life of a quintessential New York City writer and thinker

Focusing on the design and building practices developed in the Portuguese region of the Algarve over four decades from the first signs of modern movement influence to the eve of mass-tourism development, this book looks at three essential themes in twentieth-century architecture - modernism, regionalism and popular building traditions commonly known as vernacular.

"First published 2014 as Funktionen und Formen. Architekturtheorie der Moderne by Bielefeld: Transcript."

A survey of houses designed by Steven Ehrlich and Takashi Yanai of EYRC Architects, an award-winning firm whose modernist approach is infused with deep engagement with the vernacular.

This revelatory, fully illustrated anthology explores modernism's complex legacy in Latin America-featuring groundbreaking new research by renowned architects, historians, and curators from the region.

"Colossus," "visionary," "giant" are superlatives used in the mid-twentieth century to describe Edward Durell Stone (1902-1978), a celebrity architect whose wholly unique modern aesthetic of "new romanticism" played a crucial role in defining middle-class culture.