Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces maps 450 exemplary works of mid-century modern architecture across every continent, tracing how architects channelled post-war optimism and accelerating globalisation into some of the twentieth century's most enduring built forms.
About This Book
This is a genuinely global survey of mid-century modernism — not the familiar canon repackaged, but a collection broad enough to encompass modest African churches alongside North American skyscrapers, Australian swimming pools alongside European civic monuments. The architecture of Arne Jacobsen, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Eero Saarinen, Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Oscar Niemeyer is presented through substantial photography, building type by building type: embassies, office towers, entertainment venues, transport infrastructure. For students and practitioners interested in mid-century modern design history, this is a reference that rewards both sustained reading and lateral browsing across building typologies and geographies.
Key Features
- 424 pages of architectural photography spanning embassies, skyscrapers, transport hubs, entertainment spaces, and civic buildings
- Authored by Dominic Bradbury
- 450 works featured, including buildings by Jacobsen, Mies, Le Corbusier, Saarinen, Aalto, Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Niemeyer
- Published by Phaidon, ISBN 9781838666934
What You'll Discover
- How post-war economic expansion and globalisation enabled mid-century architects to work at unprecedented scale and across continents
- The geographic reach of modernism beyond its European and North American centres, including works in Africa and Australia
- The full typological range of mid-century modern output — from transport infrastructure and embassies to recreational and religious buildings
- A photographic record of canonical architects' key built works, presented in a format that allows direct cross-referencing between figures and building types
About the Author
Dominic Bradbury is a writer specialising in architecture and design. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 424
- Dimensions: 24.89 x 3.49 x 34.8 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781838666934
- Publisher: Phaidon
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architecture students, historians of twentieth-century design, practitioners with an interest in modernist precedent, and collectors building a serious reference library in mid-century modern architecture.