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Sir Denys Lasdun is one of the elder statesmen of British architecture. Hisork over the past 50 years has been pioneering, provocative and influential.n this volume, William Curtis offers a critical assessment of Lasdun's ideasnd achievements, tracing the evolution of his architectural language and hisontinuing preoccupation with tradition and the central themes of "strata"nd urban landscape.;Entering the mainstream of modern architecture when theormative visions of modernism were still fresh and exciting, Lasdun has heldrue to his modernist convictions in a succession of notable buildings whichnclude the Royal College of Physicians in Regent's Park, the University ofast Anglia, the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg and the Nationalheatre. With detailed analyses and illustrations from Lasdun's own archive,he author presents a challenge to the critics of modernism.Curtis, William J. R. is the author of 'Denys Lasdun Architecture, City, Landscape' with ISBN 9780714828718 and ISBN 0714828718.
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