How long does it take to read Modern Architecture?
Manfredo Tafuri, Francesco Dal Co
Modern Architecture by Manfredo Tafuri, Francesco Dal Co takes about 8 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1976. 448 pages, about 123,200 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Modern Architecture/1 and 2 document the incredible diversity and change that have taken place in architectural and urban design during the past one hundred years. The informative text offers an in-depth analysis of societal forces shaping the landscape of modern architecture throughout Europe and the United States. Volume 1 covers issues ranging from urbanism and town planning at the turn of the century through the work of design groups such as the Deutsche Werkbund and individuals such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright to nationalistic and totalitarian architecture in Italy and Germany prior to and during the Second World War. Volume 2 traces concepts of urbanism and building theories after World War II through the 1970s, following the work of architects such as Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto as well as the younger generation of practitioners of international reputation and influence. Also includes information on Amsterdam (Holland), Barcelona (Spain), Basel (Switzerland), Peter Behrens, Berlin (Germany), Boston (Massachusetts), Brussels (Belgium), Cambridge (Massachusetts), Celle (Germany), Chandigarh (India), Chicago (Illinois), Como (Italy), Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), constructivism, Detroit (Michigan), Dusseldorf (Germany), Florence (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany). Futurism, Geneva (Switzerland), Genoa (Italy), Walter Gropius, The Hague, Helsinki (Finland), Hilversum (Holland), international style, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), Leningrad (USSR), London (England), Adolf Loos, Los Angeles (California), Lyons (France), Madison (Wisconsin), Madrid (Spain), Erich Mendesohn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Milan (Italy), Moscow (USSR), neo-classicism, neo-expressionism, neo-empiricism, neo-gothic, neo-plasticism, neo-Romanesque, neo-Romantic, Neue Sachlichkeit (New objectivity), New Haven (Connecticut), New York City (New York), Oak Park (Illinois), Paris (France), Pasadena (California), Auguste…
Subjects: City planning, History, Modern Architecture, Architecture, Modern, Architecture
