Today I would like to introduce a handbook of modern architecture, like some kind of critical reviewing, for students of both Architecture and Art History. Maybe it should be not so extensive for students of a postgraduate degree of Architectural History, but it's a great previous step for beginners in the subject.
Frampton's work uses a very communicative language with b/w pictures everywhere, illustrating every single architectural history highlight, from mid XIX century till present times. Anyway, being not strictly up-to-dated, it's better a handbook for ''classical'' subject's history.
I like so much the fact that the book is divided by regional schools, or also, by different parts of an architect's work (such as Le Corbusier), thus, reading is quite easy and organized. What's more, each single chapter is relatively short, so it can be red in some minutes and give a perfect overview of a concrete theme, maybe before some lesson at the university!
As far as I know, the book has been translated into Spanish and Italian by the same editing house. Anyway, the price changes a lot from the original version in English to the translated ones. I let a link if you're interested, the book is available in major sites of online purchasing.
http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500203958.html
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