false 37489 0 0 70140 0500202575 9780500202579 7 <![CDATA[Modern Architecture: A Critical History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170718776m/70140.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170718776s/70140.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70140.Modern_Architecture_A_Critical_History 3.53 78 37489 3.68 173 16 1980 66450 0262061732 9780262061735 3 <![CDATA[Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170651647m/66450.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170651647s/66450.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66450.Studies_in_Tectonic_Culture_The_Poetics_of_Construction_in_Nineteenth_and_Twentieth_Century_Architecture 4.13 15 A Critical History of Modern Architecture is certain to influence any future debate on the evolution of modern architecture.

Studies in Tectonic Culture is nothing less than a rethinking of the entire modern architectural tradition. The notion of tectonics as employed by Frampton -- the focus on architecture as a constructional craft -- constitutes a direct challenge to current mainstream thinking on the artistic limits of postmodernism, and suggests a convincing alternative. Indeed, Frampton argues, modern architecture is invariably as much about structure and construction as it is about space and abstract form.

Composed of ten essays and an epilogue that trace the history of contemporary form as an evolving poetic of structure and construction, the book's analytical framework rests on Frampton's close readings of key French and German, and English sources from the eighteenth century to the present. He clarifies the various turns that structural engineering and tectonic imagination have taken in the work of such architects as Perret, Wright, Kahn, Scarpa, and Mies, and shows how both constructional form and material character were integral to an evolving architectural expression of their work. Frampton also demonstrates that the way in which these elements are articulated from one work to the next provides a basis upon which to evaluate the works as a whole. This is especially evident in his consideration of the work of Perret, Mies, and Kahn and the continuities in their thought and attitudes that linked them to the past.

Frampton considers the conscious cultivation of the tectonic tradition in architecture as an essential element in the future development of architectural form, casting a critical new light on the entire issue of modernity and on the place of much work that has passed as "avant-garde."

A copublication of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies and The MIT Press.]]> 37489 3.68 173 16 1995 342347 0810934949 9780810934948 0 <![CDATA[Le Corbusier: Architect of the Twentieth Century]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173897924m/342347.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173897924s/342347.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/342347.Le_Corbusier_Architect_of_the_Twentieth_Century 3.77 13 From the Chapel of Ronchamp in Nôtre Dame du Haut, France, and the Unité d'habitation in Marseille, to the city of Chandigarh in India and the Carpenter Arts Center at Harvard University, these triumphs of modern architecture -shown in more than 100 newly commissioned photographs supplemented by the architect's own original measured drawings and sketches-provide a glowing tribute to the audacious spirit, bold, functional expressionism, and boundless imagination that are Le Corbusier's enduring legacy and the hallmarks of his genius.

]]> 37489 3.68 173 16 1997 390870 0714846333 9780714846330 1 <![CDATA[Alvaro Siza: Complete Works]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174390348m/390870.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174390348s/390870.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/390870.Alvaro_Siza_Complete_Works 4.29 7 37489 3.68 173 16 2000 79575 0714840807 9780714840802 0 <![CDATA[Labour, Work and Architecture]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170969612m/79575.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170969612s/79575.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79575.Labour_Work_and_Architecture 3.67 6 This anthology of writings by the architectural critic Kenneth Frampton brings together his most influential essays from the last thirty-five years. The essays focus on twentieth-century architecture, dealing with themes and movements, built works and the architects responsible for these buildings.

The essays are presented in chronological order within three sections - Theory, History and Criticism - which together serve to situate modern architecture in its broader cultural and historical context. The anthology includes early critical reviews from the 1960s and 1970s analysing contemporary buildings, as well as lengthier pieces covering architecture and the ideological circumstances in which buildings are produced. As a collection, Labour, Work and Architecture is an important document in the historiography of twentieth-century architecture by a highly respected and readable scholar committed to the understanding and improvement of our built environment.

]]> 37489 3.68 173 16 2002 236980 0847826333 9780847826339 0 <![CDATA[Richard Meier Architect, Vol. 4 (1999-2003) (Richard Meier, Architect)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172987048m/236980.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172987048s/236980.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/236980.Richard_Meier_Architect_Vol_4 4.25 4
The development and significance of Richard Meier's work is discussed in two essays by the distinguished architectural historians and critics Kenneth Frampton and Joseph Rykwert. A biographical chronology and a selected bibliography complete this elegant and comprehensive monograph on a modern American master.
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