Modern Architecture and Design: An Alternative History by Bill Risebero (The Herbert Press 1982) traces relevant developments in architecture through informative drawings.
This book, a companion to the author’s very successful first work The Story of Western Architecture, traces the history of modern architecture, together with relevant developments in design and technology, from the early 19th century to the present day. Bill Risebero relates a wide variety of attractive and informative drawings to a narrative which combines fact, description and analysis.
– Bill Risebero, Modern Architecture and Design: An Alternative History (The Herbert Press, 1982), excerpt from the book description.
The text is in English. The book contains mostly drawings.
Our copy in stock is in nice condition. The pages are clean, no markings, only some toning on the edges of the pages. The binding is fine. The dust jacket has some edge wear and some signs of shelf wear and use; the spine is faded, and there is a couple of small tears. There is an old price sticker on the back cover.
