I. Puristic Tendencies: Architecture, Science, and Industry and the Attitude Towards the Machine. The Necessary Synthesis. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Aesthetics of the Machine. Thomas Alva Edison and Industrial Production of Houses. Alexander Graham Bell and Lightweight Construction. Expressionism in America - The Second Phase of the Skyscraper. The Early Modern Movement in California. Tony Garnier and the Mission of the Industrial City. Changes in Construction with Reinforced Concrete. Le Corbusier and the Aesthetics of the Machine in France. Peter Behrens and "Industrial Design" The Early Work of Walter Gropius. Idea and Form of the Bauhaus. The Ideology of Industrialization - The Contribution of Miles van der Rohe. Hans Poelzig and Expressionism. Bruno Taut and the "Glass Chain" Bruno Taut and Social Housing. Organic Architecture - Hugo Haring and Rudolf Steiner. Perfection of Shell Construction. Futurism in Italy. De Stijl and the School of Amsterdam. Synthesis in Russia.
II. Empiristic Tendencies: Organic Architecture and Technology Serving Man and Nature. The Change Towards the Organic. New Beginnings in the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Architecture and Architectural Engineering in America Around 1930. New Beginnings in Latin America. Beginnings in South Africa, India, Australia, and Japan. Alvar Aalto and the Contribution of Scandinavia. The Conservative Avant-Garde in England. A New Flourishing of Architecture in Holland. Swiss Architecture After 1930. Spain During the 1930s and 1940s. Fascist Architecture in Italy. National Socialist Architecture in Germany. Stalinistic Architecture in Russia. France Between 1930 and 1950
III. Syncretic Tendencies: Urbanistic Architecture and Building Within a Context. The International Situation After 1950. Architecture in the United States After 1950. Louis I. Kahn and the Young Generation. Canadian Architecture Between 1950 and 1970. European Architecture After World War II. City Planning and Educational Buildings in England.
Model Case - Finland and Scandinavia. Continuation of a Tradition in the Netherlands. France After 1950. German Architecture Between 1950 and 1970. Swiss Architecture Between 1950 and 1970. Building in Austria. Postwar Architecture in Italy. Spanish and Portuguese Architecture Between 1950 and 1970. Architecture in the Soviet Union. Architecture in Eastern Europe Between 1950 and 1970. Architecture of the Third World. The Revolution in Latin America. Mexican Architecture After 1950. Building in Central America. Architecture in South America After 1950. The Rebuilding of the State of Israel. Contemporary Architecture in the Arab Countries. New Architecture in Africa. Architecture in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Architecture in Australia and New Zealand. Postwar Architecture in China. Japanese Architecture Between 1950 and 1970
IV. Autonomous Architecture Since 1970: Regional Identity and the Regaining of Tradition. Transformations Around 1970. American Architecture Since 1970.
The Continuation of a Tradition. Further Lessons from Louis I. Kalin. New Structural Tendencies in American Architecture. Redefining American Architecture. The Young Generation. Contemporary Architecture in Canada. European Architecture Since 1970. English Architecture Since 1970. Architecture in Finland and Scandinavia Since 1970. Dutch Architecture Since 1970. Architecture in Belgium Since 1970. Contemporary Architecture in Germany. Architecture in Austria Since 1970. Swiss Architecture Since 1970. Architecture in France Since 1970. Contemporary Architecture in Italy. Contemporary Architecture in Spain. Architecture in Portugal Since 1970. Eastern European Architecture Since 1970. Contemporary Polish Architecture. Contemporary Architecture in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Hungarian Architecture Since 1970. Contemporary Architecture in Rumania. Contemporary Architecture in Bulgaria. Architecture in the Former Yugoslavia. Architecture in the Southern Hemisphere. Architecture in Mexico After 1970.
Contemporary Architecture in Central America. South American Architecture Since 1970. New Architecture in South Saharan Africa. Architecture in the North African Arab States Since 1970. Architecture in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. Recent Architecture in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. Architecture in Israel Since 1970. Recent Developments of Architecture in Iran. Architecture in Pakistan Since 1970. Architecture in India Since 1970. New Architecture in Bangladesh. Architecture in Southeast Asia. Architecture in Australia and New Zealand. Architectural Alternatives in China. Contemporary Architecture in Korea. Japanese Architecture Between 1970 and 1990. Conclusion.