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With over 270 entries, this architectural lexicon provides an indispensable overview of the key figures behind the modern building boom. Each of the pioneering architects from the 19th to the 21st century is presented with a portrait, a short biography and an overview of their most important works. As if on a personal world tour through architecture, you travel from the skyscrapers of Manhattan to a concert hall in Japan, from Gaudí's Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi's sports and leisure centre in a former São Paulo factory. You will get to know the colourful geometries of Gio Ponti, the flowing futurism of Zaha Hadid, the light-filled interiors of SANAA and the one of a kind mix of Scottish tradition and Japanese aesthetics by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The entries are grouped by groups, movements and styles, so that you can better classify the personalities in their contemporary historical and geographical environment, including the International Style, Bauhaus, De Stijl and many more. Beautifully illustrated with some of the best architectural photographs of modern times, this volume is a comprehensive reference work not only for everyone who works or studies in the field of architecture.