Modernism

This book is about the role played by architects, engineers and planners in transforming France during the three post-war decades of growing prosperity, a period when modernisation was a central priority of the state, promising a way forward from the shame of defeat in 1940 to a place at the centre of the new Europe.

In his most ambitious endeavour since Freud, acclaimed cultural historian Peter Gay traces and explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century.

A celebration of modernist architecture as it is lived in today

A revealing new look at modernist architecture, emphasizing its diversity, complexity, and broad inventiveness

This sleek and insightful guide showcases modernist buildings from all over the world that are open to visit or even stay at.