Product Description

The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Book showcases three-dimensional replications of some of the most innovative modern and contemporary architecture from around the world. Accompanied by illustrations, photographs, and elaborate pop-ups, the talent and imagination of architects and builders of the modern era is brought to life. Ranging from the nineteenth century to the present day, the pages follow the development of modern architecture: the creation of new buildings and innovations that led to such feats as the Brooklyn Bridge; the birth of the skyscraper and the modern city; mid-century modernism, and the cutting-edge architecture of today. Modern Architecture Pop-Up features the following structures: London’s Crystal Palace; the Brooklyn Bridge; the Eiffel Tower; New York’s Flatiron Building; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, Chicago; Reitveld’s Schroeder House; Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye; Saarinen’s TWA terminal; Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao; Calatrava’s Milwaukee Art Museum; and Foster’s London "Gherkin" building, to name only a few. Innovative, informative, and elegant, Modern Architecture Pop-Up is an elegant visual tour of the world’s dynamic, inventive, and original architecture.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #193360 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-07
• Released on: 2008-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 6 pages

Review
"...a visual tour de force of the best of modern architecture in a format that pays proper homage to their designers."
~Trend Hunter Magazine

"Because it cannot be touched, it is close to impossible to experience architecture on paper. The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Book, attempts to bridge the gap through pop-ups that replicate the most innovative contemporary architectural masterpieces from around the world." ~Bal Harbour Magazine

"...a marvel of construction...that will both amaze and edify." ~W Magazine

"There are architecture books, and then there is The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Book. If you'd like to add a third dimension to your own architectural experience (and who wouldn't!), give this one a shot." ~Gearcrave.com

"Architectural history unfolds--literally--in "Modern Architecture Pop-Up"...the book offers a speedy grand tour of notable buildings." ~The New York Times

"...how all our parents were so wrong, we aren't too old for pop-up books we just needed age appropriate pop-up books and thanks to Anton Radevsky and David Sokol for making "The Modern Architecture Pop-Up book," we have that book now." ~The Tastemakers Society

"Accompanied by illustrations, photographs and elaborate pop-ups, the talent and imagination of architects and builders of the modern era is brought to life. Ranging from the nineteenth century to the present day, the pages follow the development of modern architecture." ~AolLiving.com

About the Author
Anton Radevsky is a pop-up engineer and illustrator and lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. His previous Universe book was The History of Architecture Pop-Up. David Sokol is a freelance architectural writer and lives in New York.

Customer Reviews

The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Book
I collect pop-up books. I am also an art dealer so I have interest in this book from two angles. This book is disappointing because the pop-up images are not as well executed as they are in other pop-up books. I had great difficulty in closing the book after I opened it to one partiuclar page as the pop-up on that page did not close easily. The book covers many architectural marvels and that is satisfying but I wish it had been engineered better.

great book
great book just that there are pictures on the back cover that aren't in the book and some of the popups are hard to open

Popups that don't pop down
I would not recommend this book unless you like to spend lots of frustrating time trying to make the pop-ups pop down! They look great when you first open them but many of them would not fold back down easily. I bought it for my husband and we were very careful trying to use it. Definitely not recommended for kids, they would destroy it.