中文简介：

这本修订版延续了尼古拉斯·格罗斯皮耶尔（Nicolas Grospierre）闻名的现代主义建筑之旅，跨越了欧洲和北美的范围，真正实现了全球化，介绍了东南亚、澳大利亚、非洲和南美的建筑。本书收录了来自巴比肯博物馆、纽约现代艺术博物馆和独立策展人的新文本和修订文本，对现代主义设计的历史、建筑摄影的起源以及建筑形式在其他不同国家重复出现的原因提出了引人入胜的见解。形式还是功能？现代主义建筑有多“现代”？这种风格的乌托邦理想又经历了什么？尼古拉斯·格罗斯皮耶尔精湛的摄影调查编目了知名和鲜为人知的建筑，挑战观众去思考现代主义建筑错综复杂的过去。这些大尺寸照片来自于格罗斯皮耶尔不断扩大的旅行记录档案，近250座建筑照片纯粹按照其形状排列，将形式优先于功能和位置，为全球结构提供了独特的视角。格罗斯皮耶尔的照片在视角上是统一的，而且不加评论，让观众能够发现细节和颜色，而这些细节和颜色是一个更注重叙事的展示方式所禁止的。这个不断扩大的系列是近四分之一个世纪的作品，反映了一个热爱的工作，一个痴迷的摄影师，以及对世界各地标志性和平凡的建筑的赞颂。

英文简介：

This revised edition of Grospierre's celebrated tour of modernist architecture has been expanded beyond Europe and North America to a truly global reach, featuring buildings in Southeast Asia, Australia, Africa and South America. Featuring new and revised texts from Barbican, MoMA and independent curators, this book offers intriguing insights into the history of modernist design, the origins of architectural photography and the reasons why architectural forms repeat in otherwise dissimilar countries. Is form still function? How "modern" is modernist architecture? And what has happened to the style's foundational utopian ideals? Nicolas Grospierre's masterful photographic survey catalogues both famous and little-known buildings, challenging the viewer to consider modernist architecture's complicated legacy.Drawn from Grospierre's ever-expanding archive documenting his travels, these large-format photographs of almost 250 buildings are arranged purely by their shapes, prioritizing form over function and location to give a unique perspective of global structures. Uniform in perspective, and presented without comment, Grospierre's photographs allow viewers to discover details and colors that a more narrative-focused presentation would prohibit. The work of nearly a quarter of a century, this ever-expanding collection reflects a labor of love, a photographer's deep obsession, and a celebration of buildings both iconic and mundane all over the world.