Basic Architecture Series - All Titles

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Gropius Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture "Many of the things that seem to be luxuries today will become the norm in the near future." - Walter Gropius
Hoffmann Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture The avant-gardist
Kahn Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture Compact overviews of the world's greatest architects
Koenig Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture A leading proponent of the Case Study House program
Lautner Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture "Disappearing space seems to me to be the most durable and endurable and life-giving quality in architecture." -John Lautner
Le Corbusier Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture "Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light." - Le Corbusier
Loos Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture "Mankind loves everything that serves his comfort. He hates everything that wants to tear him from his habitual and safe position and that bothers him. And thus he loves the building and hates art." - Adolf Loos
Mendelsohn Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture Expressionist at heart
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Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:

approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans
introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects
the most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions
an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings