Modern Architecture

From the Set Building Big

Modern architecture includes buildings that embrace clean, simple lines and forms. This book showcases striking modern buildings--from houses and offices to museums and performing arts centers--and the architects who built them. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, design activity, and sidebars.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 5
Dewey 724/.6
Lexile 860L
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level V
Publisher Cherry Lake Publishing
Series Building Big
Language English
Available Formats Reinforced book (9781668919859), Paperback (9781668920879), PDF (9781668923535), ePub (9781668922200), Hosted ebook (9781668926192), Kindle (9781668924860)
Copyright 2023
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 7 x 9
Graphics Full-color photographs, Historical photographs

Author: Joyce Markovics

Joyce Markovics has written more than 500 nonfiction children's books (or at least two giraffe-sized stacks) on topics ranging from killer plants and marvelous mummies to protest marches and Black filmmakers. She recently started her own book development company, Bowerbird Books. Joyce is passionate about telling stories that captivate and inspire young readers. In her free time, she cleans old gravestones, collects oddities, and volunteers at an animal sanctuary.

  • "A Perfect Building"
  • What Is Modern Architecture?
  • Building Modern
  • Other Key Examples
  • After Modernism
  • Design a Modern Building
  • Glossary
  • Read More
  • Learn More Online
  • Index
  • About the Author
Activities for further learning
Author/Illustrator biography
Glossary of key words
Index
Informative sidebars
Table of contents
Full-color photographs, Historical photographs