A compact survey of major modern architecture of the twentieth century, presenting important buildings and projects by leading architects from Europe, the United States and Japan. Cantacuzino discusses landmark works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Le Corbusier, Kenzo Tange, Arne Jacobsen and Alvar Aalto, among others. The book combines concise architectural commentary with extensive photographic documentation and includes bibliographies. Particularly notable are the sections on Wright's Unity Temple, Taliesin West and the S. C. Johnson building, Gropius's Bauhaus in Dessau, Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and Seagram Building, Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation and La Tourette, and works by Saarinen, Tange, Jacobsen and Aalto. (AI-generated content description)