Graphics For Engineers Architects And Builders Arches Pt 1 Rev Ed 4th Thousand 1900 Pt 2 5th Ed Rev First Thousand 1899 Pt 3 2d Ed 2d Thousand 1897

Graphics for Engineers, Architects, and Builders: Arches. Pt. 1. rev. ed., 4th thousand, 1900, pt. 2, 5th ed. rev. first thousand, 1899. pt. 3, 2d ed., 2d thousand, 1897

Hendrik Petrus Berlage

Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Dutch architect and architectural philosopher, created a series of buildings and a body of writings from 1886 to 1909 that were among the first efforts to probe the problems and possibilities of modernism. Although his Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with its rational mastery of materials and space, has long been celebrated for its seminal influence on the architecture of the 20th century, Berlage's writings are highlighted here. Bringing together Berlage's most important texts, among them "Thoughts on Style in Architecture", "Architecture's Place in Modern Aesthetics", and "Art and Society", this volume presents a chapter in the history of European modernism. In his introduction, Iain Boyd Whyte demonstrates that the substantial contribution of Berlage's designs to modern architecture cannot be fully appreciated without an understanding of the aesthetic principles first laid out in his writings.

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