Basic Architecture Series - All Titles

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Alvar Aalto Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture "Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials; the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line." - Alvar Aalto
Ando Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture Compact overviews of the world's greatest architects
Bauhaus Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture An overview of the seminal movement in art and architecture
Breuer Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture From steel tubes to reinforced concrete: the magical Modernist
Calatrava Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture Feats of design and engineering
Candela Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture Experimentation and invention
Case Study Houses Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture The pioneering project that sought to bring modernism to the masses
Eames Softcover, flaps 7.3 x 9.1 in., 96 pages $ 9.99 Basic Architecture "... everything hangs on something else." - Ray Eames
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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