21st century
50 states
A01=Lukas Novotny
america
americana
architect
architect gifts
architecture
architecture book
architecture books
architecture gifts
art
Author_Lukas Novotny
bucket list
Category=WT
cold war
culture
eastern europe
england
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_travel
essays
forthcoming
geography
german
gifts for men
gifts for rv owners
gifts for women
guide
history
how to
manhattan
maps
music
photography
reference
statue of liberty
trains
travel
travel book
travel books
travel books united states
travel books usa
travel gifts
travel guide
traveling books
us travel
usa
wanderlust
Product details
- ISBN 9780789347176
- Dimensions: 191 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Today takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the changing fortunes of New York City throughout the last hundred years, from the heights of the Roaring Twenties and 'Mad Men' Fifties, to the depths of the Great Depression Thirties, through to 'Fear City' in the Seventies, and beyond. Many of the featured buildings won t be found in city guides and some of them are no longer around but each one played an integral part in the fascinating story of the five boroughs. The ten decades are explored through some 150 buildings in all corners of the city, from Rockefeller Center to the Pan Am Building to the Standard Hotel, as well as treasures lost, such as the 1927 Savoy-Plaza Hotel, and treasures rescued, such as the astonishingly glamourous 1924 American Radiator Building, now the Bryant Park Hotel. New York City has been described from every possible angle through thousands of books. But not many of them venture out of Manhattan, let alone visit all five boroughs. Out of these, only a handful is accessible to non-experts and fewer still are entertaining and illustrated. And none of them offer such a crisp and visually unified picture of the Big Apple.
Lukas Novotny is an illustrator and graphic designer based in London. Originally from Prague, Novotny studied architecture and civil engineering before moving to the UK. In 2018 he wrote and illustrated Modern London, which was shortlisted for the British Book Design Awards 2019.
