Modern hero for the man on the street

By Colin St John Wilson and Colin St John Wilson Colin St John Wilson 2005-06-17T00:00:00

The sense in which the modern movement in architecture can claim to be truly innovatory has been in dispute ever since the phrase itself, with all its political undertones, was invented.

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