Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William J.R. Curtis

He considers that his ‘foundation work’ was the book: Le Corbusier at Work, The Genesis of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, (ed Sekler, Harvard, 1978) which was written in 1971-2 and served as his Doctoral Thesis in Fine Arts at Harvard in 1975. His Balkrishna Doshi: an Architecture for India (Mapin, Rizzoli, 1988) won a Silver Medal at the Union International des Architectes Biennale of 1989 (Doshi, Pritzker 2018), while his Denys Lasdun: Architecture, City, Landscape (Phaidon,1994) was also published to critical acclaim. He has also held numerous honorary and visiting posts and has lectured world wideĬurtis’s best known books include Modern Architecture Since 1900 (1st edition Phaidon 1982 3rd edition, Phaidon, 1996) and Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms (1st edition, Phaidon, 1986 fully revised 2nd edition, 2015), both widely translated and referred to as ‘classics’. Over the years Curtis has taught at several other institutions including: Boston University, Wellesley College, the University of East Anglia, the University of New South Wales, the University of Queensland,Washington University in St Louis, ETSAB Barcelona, UNAM Mexico, the University of California in San Diego, the University of Illinois (Versailles), the Accademia, Mendrisio and the University of Ljubljana.

He is committed to visual education in a broad sense and has developed an integrated approach considering the multiple forces that influence form and complexities of meaning. Educated at the Courtauld Institute, London (BA First Class Honours, 1970) and Harvard University (PhD, 1975), he has taught the history of architecture, theories of design and architectural studios at many universities around the world including Harvard University (Dept of Visual and Environmental Studies and Graduate School of Design), the Architectural Association and the University of Cambridge where he was Slade Professor of Fine Art (2003–4). Curtis (Birchington-on Sea, England, 1948) is an award-winning historian, critic, writer, curator, painter and photographer. Venue: University of Malta, Valletta Campus.ARCHITECTURE ALIVE PRESENTS WILLIAM J.R CURTIS,

Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William J.R. Curtis