Ornament is Crime: Modernist Architecture

Ornament Is Crime is a celebration anda thought-provoking reappraisal of modernistarchitecture. The book proposes thatmodernism need no longer be confinedby traditional definitions, and can be seen inboth the iconic works of the modernist canonby Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and WalterGropius, as well as in the work of some of thebest contemporary architects of the twenty-firstcentury. This book is a visual manifesto anda celebration of the most important architecturalmovement in modern history.