Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture

A collection of influential manifestos and programs from the 20th-century's most innovative architects. This diverse volume spans from rigid design principles to calls for anarchy in building form and town plan. Chronologically ordered from 1903 to 1963, these writings offer a subjective history of modern architecture and international insight into the attitudes and temperaments that shaped it. Experience the pivotal philosophies of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, among others, as they first proclaimed them through their manifestos.