Montaner, Josep Ma.

Barcelona : city and architecture. an essay by Josep Maria Montaner. - Köln : Taschen, 1997. - 300p. : ill. ; 23 x 30 cm. - Architecture & design series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295).

Towards the Eixample -- The beginnings of modernismo at the time of the 1888 world exhibition -- The heyday of modernismo -- Noucentismo and rationalism -- From the end of the civil war to the consumer society -- Barcelona today.

Montaner outlines what Barcelona has to offer in the way of architecture and interior design from Gothic to the present day, and argues that no other major city combines history and avant-garde like the Catalan capital.

9783822896532 (hbk.) : £14.99 3822896535


Architecture, Spanish--Pictorial works--Barcelona
Architecture--Spain--Barcelona
Architecture--History--Spain--Barcelona
Architecture and Planning.
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Barcelona (Spain)--Buildings--Pictorial works

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