100 Buildings

(Hardback)

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An accessible primer to the most important architectural touchstones of our time by today's leading architects and teachers of architecture. For architecture aficionados and anyone interested in the built world.

This illustrated master list of the top 100 'must know' built works of architecture designed and completed between 1900 and 2000 is selected by today's luminaries of architecture.

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"If given the chance to pick the brains of numerous starchitects about the most important buildings of the 20th century, youd doubtlessly get a broadand contentiousspectrum of answers. Pritzker Prizewinner Thom Mayne took on this task after noticing, in the architects words, a declining awareness of historical precedent among my students. Together with UCLAs Now Institute, Mayne polled 40 architectsincluding Tadao Ando, Peter Eisenman, Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid, and othersto list the most influential buildings of the previous century. The results, to be released this fall, have been distilled in 100 Buildings, an essential guidebook for architecture students and design buffs alike, detailing the enduring influence of projects ranging from Villa Savoye to the Vanna Venturi House."
Metropolis Magazine

"To create this primer on iconic modernbuildings, more than 50 internationally renowned architects and educatorsincluding the late Zaha Hadidwere asked to list their top 100 20th-century architectural projects. The resultsfrom theGehry House in Santa Monica to the Museu de Arte de So Paulo in Brazildo not disappoint."
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Author Bio

Thom Mayne is a Pritzker-prize winning American architect and educator, who founded the interdisciplinary architecture and urban design firm Morphosis in 1972. He is the co-Founder and Executive Director of The Now Institute and currently Distinguished Professor at UCLA's Architecture and Urban Design.

Eui-Sung Yi is Design Principal at Morphosis and Director of The Now Institute at UCLA. The Now Institute is an urban research center at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design that applies strategic interdisciplinary thinking to real world issues.