Introduction cal ideologies in order to promote political systems. Still others embraced the role of visionary designers charged with the task of extending the horizons of the imagination by developing new architectural forms. Architects, of course, are not alone in their concern to make sense of the world; they are unique, however, in their methods. From the stately halls of national capitals to the familial intimacy of domestic kitchens, designers are responsible for the spatial settings in which modern life unfolds. An account of twentieth-century architecture offers, therefore, a revealing portrait of modernity as well as buildings.
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