Fragments : architecture and the unfinished : essays presented to Robin Middleton / edited by Barry Bergdoll and Werner Oechslin.

Table of Contents: “…The Jaus-head figure of Greek-gothic ... fragments in the (never ending) story of modern architecture's search for identity /…”

New York / Will Jones. by Jones, Will

“…Modern architecture (Carlton Books)…”

Architecture theory since 1968 / edited by K. Michael Hays.

Table of Contents:

Architecture and design in Europe and America, 1750--2000 / edited by Abigail Harrison-Moore and Dorothy C. Rowe.

Table of Contents: Table of contents only

The autopoeisis of architecture : a new framework for architecture / Patrik Schumacher. by Schumacher, Patrik, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The Refoundation of the Discipline as Modern Architecture --…”

Alvar Aalto in his own words / edited and annotated by Göran Schildt.

Table of Contents:

The artless word : Mies van der Rohe on the building art / Fritz Neumeyer ; translated by Mark Jarzombek. by Neumeyer, Fritz

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Mies van der Rohe in the Historiography of Modern Architecture --…”

Building in the garden : the architecture of Joseph Allen Stein in India and California / Stephen White.

Table of Contents: “…Epilogue: Singular Points: Another Side of the Story of Modern Architecture --…”

The strange death of architectural criticism : Martin Pawley collected writings / edited by David Jenkins ; foreword by Norman Foster. by Pawley, Martin

Table of Contents:

Sustainable preservation : greening existing buildings / Jean Carroon. by Carroon, Jean, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The Recent Past---Modern Architecture, Boomer Buildings --…”
Cover image

Sustainability, energy and architecture : case studies in realizing green buildings / Ali Sayigh. by Sayigh, Ali

Table of Contents: Full text (Wentworth users only)

Sustainability, energy and architecture : case studies in realizing green buildings / Ali Sayigh. by Sayigh, Ali

Table of Contents: Full text (Wentworth users only)

Air, Light, and Utopia The Modern Movement in Architecture / Balfour Films.

Table of Contents: “…Fathers of Modern Architecture (2:37) -- New Tools (1:44) -- The Bauhaus School (2:19) -- Design Follows Function (2:31) -- A New Form of Factory (1:52) -- Atmosphere and Natural Elements (1:48) -- Two Important Architects (1:40) -- Three Architectural Designs (2:53) -- European and Russian Influences (1:57) -- Russian Building Types (1:40) -- Rethinking Modern Architecture (1:59) -- Architects Respond to Problems (1:39) -- Housing for the Working Class (6:29) -- European Architectural Exhibitions (2:29) -- The Czech Republic (3:52) -- Social Reform in France (2:03) -- Ginsberg and Lubetkin (2:58) -- Modern Architecture in Italy (4:16)…”
Streaming video (Wentworth users only)

A history of architecture / by Russell Sturgis ... by Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909

Table of Contents: “…Gothic in Great Britain, Renaissance, modern architecture.…”

Sacred Modernity : Nature, Environment and the Postcolonial Geographies of Sri Lankan Nationhood. by Jazeel, Tariq

Table of Contents: “…List of Map and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sacred Modernity: Nature, Religion, and the Politics of Aesthetics; Part I: Ruhuna (Yala) National Park; 2 Landscape, Nature, Nationhood: A Historical Geography of Ruhuna(Yala) National Park; 3 Inscription and Experience: The Politics and Aesthetics of Nature Tourism; 4 Political Geographies: Promoting, Contesting, and Purifying Nature; Part II: Tropical Modern Architecture; 5 Built Space, Environment, Modernism: (Re)reading 'TropicalModern' Architecture; 6 Architecting One-ness: Fluid Spaces/Sacred Modernity.…”
Full text (Wentworth users only)

Giuseppe Pagano : design for social change in fascist Italy / Flavia Marcello. by Marcello, Flavia

Table of Contents: “…A Celebration of Material: Pagano's Pavilions at the Milan Trade Fair -- What is Modern Architecture? The 1933 Milan Triennale -- 'An Exaltation of Courage and The Mind': The Aeronautics Exhibition of -- Modern Architecture Victorious: The 1936 Milan Triennale -- Modern Architecture by Contraband: The Italian Pavilion at the Paris Expo of 1937 -- The Death of Rationalism: The Rome International Exposition of 1942 (E42/EUR) -- A Renaissance Man Revisited: The Leonardo Exhibition of 1939 -- Where did Modern Architecture Go?…”
Full text (Wentworth users only)

Modernism and the Middle East : architecture and politics in the twentieth century / edited by Sandy Isenstadt and Kishwar Rizvi.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Modern architecture and the Middle East: The burden of representation -- Part I: Colonial constructions -- 1. …”
Full text (Wentworth users only)

Modernism and the Middle East : architecture and politics in the twentieth century / edited by Sandy Isenstadt and Kishwar Rizvi.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Modern architecture and the Middle East : the burden of representation / Sandy Isenstadt and Kishwar Rizvi -- Jerusalem remade / Annabel Wharton -- Modern architecture, pereservation, and the discourse on local culture in Italian colonial Libya / Brian L. …”
Table of contents only

The Lewis Mumford reader / edited by Donald L. Miller. by Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

Table of Contents: “…The Brooklyn Bridge ; Towards modern architecture ; The case against "modern architecture" ; Symbol and function in architecture -- III. …”

Seizing Jerusalem : the architectures of unilateral unification / Alona Nitzan-Shiftan. by Nitzan-Shiftan, Alona

Table of Contents: “…Encounters : modern architecture and Israeli nationalism -- Profession : East Jerusalem and the emergence of the Sabra architects -- State : facts on the ground -- City : urban beautification -- Frontier : a holy testing ground for a discipline in crisis -- Project : the Western Wall plaza.…”
Full text (Wentworth users only)