Architecture in the Seventies by Udo Kultermann (The Architectural Press 1980) represents a carefully chosen selection of fourty-five of the most interesting buildings completed in the 1970s.
Drawing his examples from throughout the world, the author shows work by the relatively new generation of architects who, while making full use of the technological advances of the decade, have also clearly expressed a humane understanding of the people who use their buildings – architects like James Stirling, Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier and Kisho Kurokawa.
Reflecting an important characteristic of the seventies, the predominant patron of the buildings in this collection is the state, and the most common use is some form of social welfare. But this umbrella covers a multiplicity of activities, and the schemes in this book illustrate such diverse design projects as low-cost housing in Peru and India, an aquarium in Japan and a library for the blind in the USA.
– Udo Kultermann, Architecture in the Seventies (The Architectural Press, 1980), excerpt from the book description
The text is in English. The book is illustrated with photographs and some architectural drawings.
Our copy in stock is in good condition. The pages are clean, no markings except for the previous owner’s signature on the backside of the front cover. The binding is fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition and shows only some small traces of shelf wear.
