A significant new critique of Modernism from distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl, and a major contribution to urban and architectural studies.
The story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945.
Argues that the triumph of architectural Modernism has led to massive destruction, a waste of resources, and the elimination of all decoration and choice.
Based on prodigious research, it draws together a vast range of material and includes original drawings by Stevens Curl.