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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction
The organization of this book
Some definitions
Histories of the future
Chapter 2. Iron and steel
A bridge to modernity
Iron and modern science
Space and industrial culture
Sullivan, Wright, and the separation of wall from structure
New images of modernity
Mies, on campus
Mies in the sky
Shaping modern culture in steel
Chapter 3. Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete and the sale of expertise
Ethics of production and living
Inventing Le Corbusier
The International Style
Cities of tomorrow
Brutal images
Global brutalisms
Metabolists, megastructures, and mats
Chapter 4. Brick
Another tradition of modern architecture
The local and the national
Monumentality and order: Louis I. Kahn
Light and shade in Ahmedabad
Refashioning architecture from first principles
Chapter 5. Light and air
Deep plans and networks
Test-piloting Bucky’s domes
Life under a dome
Bubbles and blimps
Skin and guts
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Ghosts of modern architecture
Regulation and risk
Multiple modernities
References
Further reading
Index
Globalization
Chaos
Diplomacy
Economics
Free Speech
Forensic Science
Geopolitics
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