Form precedes function in this stunning visual<br>archive of nearly 200 images of modern<br>architecture by award-winning photographer<br>Nicolas Grospierre. At once a reference work and a personal exploration of<br>modernist architecture, this fascinating collection of Nicolas<br>Grospierre's photography covers structures built between<br>1920 and 1989 in Europe, North and South America, the Middle<br>East, North Africa, and Asia. These images range from iconic<br>buildings, such as the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis and the<br>Ukrainian Institute of Scientific Research and Development<br>in Kiev, to little-known structures such as the Balneological<br>Hospital in Druskininkai, Lithuania or Oscar Niemeyer's<br>unfinished International Fair Grounds in Tripoli. Derived from<br>his popular blog, A Subjective Atlas of Modern Architecture,<br>and organized by architectural form, this book reveals how<br>modernist architecture is the embodiment of political and<br>social ideologies, especially in public institutions such as banks,<br>churches, libraries, and government buildings. Following the<br>series of full-page images, an index details the location, date,<br>architect and purpose of each building. While many of the<br>buildings in this archive often go unrecognized, their forms are<br>prominent in the landscape of modern civilization. Grospierre's<br>keen eye and enthusiasm for the mundane as well as the sublime<br>will motivate readers to look at the buildings around them in<br>new and exciting ways.