在这本非常漂亮的包含近200张获奖摄影师Nicolas Grospierre拍摄的现代建筑影像的视觉档案中，形式先于功能。这本引人入胜的Nicolas Grospierre摄影作品集既是一本参考书，也是一次对现代主义建筑的个人探索，涵盖了1920年至1989年之间在欧洲，北美和南美，中东，北非和亚洲建造的大型建筑物。这些图像包括标志性建筑，例如圣路易斯的盖特凯旋门和基辅的乌克兰科学研究与发展研究所，到鲜为人知的建筑，例如立陶宛的德鲁斯基宁凯的Balneological Hospital或奥斯卡•尼迈耶未完成的的黎波里国际展览会。本书取材自他受欢迎的博客《现代建筑的主观地图集》，并按建筑形式进行了整理，揭示了现代主义建筑如何是政治和社会意识形态的体现，尤其是在银行，教堂，图书馆和政府大楼等公共机构中。在一系列全页图像之后，索引详细列出了每座建筑物的位置，日期，建筑师和用途。尽管此档案中的许多建筑物常常不为人所知，但它们的形式在现代文明景观中尤为突出。Grospierre对世俗和崇高的敏锐眼光和热情将激发读者以新颖而激动人心的方式看待周围的建筑物。

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