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Modern architecture: A critical history (World of art)

FRAMPTON, Kenneth

Oxford University Press

This acclaimed survey of 20th-century architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. Now revised, enlarged and expanded, Kenneth Frampton brings the story up to date and adds an entirely new concluding chapter that focuses on four countries where individual talent and enlightened patronage have combined to produce a comprehensive and convincing architectural culture: Finland, France, Spain and Japan. The bibliography has also been reviewed and extended, making this volume more indispensable than ever. 362 illus.

Honorable Mention, 1995, in the category of Excellence in Design and Production, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Kenneth Frampton's long-awaited follow-up to his classic 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.

Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture

Arts & Photography

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

Architecture

Mit Pr

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.
Kenneth Frampton's long-awaited follow-up to his classic 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.

History & Criticism

The MIT Press

Austrian New Wave

A revealing new look at modernist architecture, emphasizing its diversity, complexity, and broad inventiveness Usually associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete. Renowned historian Kenneth Frampton offers a bold look at this crucial period, focusing on architects less commonly associated with the movement in order to reveal the breadth and complexity of architectural modernism. The Other Modern Movement profiles nineteen architects, each of whom consciously contributed to the evolution of a new architectural typology through a key work realized between 1922 and 1962. &nbsp; Frampton's account offers new insights into iconic buildings like Eileen Gray's E-1027 House in France and Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, California, as well as lesser-known works such as Antonin Raymond's Tokyo Golf Club and Alejandro de la Sota's Maravillas School Gymnasium in Madrid. Foregrounding the ways that these diverse projects employed progressive models, advanced new methods in construction techniques, and displayed a new sociocultural awareness, Frampton shines a light on the rich legacy of the Modern Movement and the enduring potential of the unfinished modernist project.

The Other Modern Movement: Architecture, 1920–1970

Yale University Press

Modern Architecture and the Critical Present is comprised mostly of several essays: The Status of Man and the Status of His Objects; Avant-Garde and Continuity; Place, Production and Architecture; The Isms of Contemporary Architecture; and The Resistance of Architecture - and so much more.

Modern Architecture and the Critical Present

Photography & Video

Architectural Design

Co-authored by Kenneth Frampton, the internationally-recognized architectural scholar, this overview of historical Japanese architecture and building techniques is the only English language source tracing Japanese building design from craftsman tradition to modern design and construction.

Japanese Building Practice: From Ancient Times to the Meiji Period

Vincent, Keith

Kudo, Kunio

wiley

Although the designs and writings of Italian architect and professor, Bruno Minardi have been published internationally, this is the first monograph on his work to appear in English. Theoretical in its approach, with an incisive text by Kenneth Frampton, this beautiful volume presents the architect's recurring themes of attention to context and rapport with existing architecture. In addition to essays and articles written by the architect, it features projects throughout Europe, with a focus on those in Italy, as well as a selection of his watercolours and etchings.

Bruno Minardi (Architectural Monographs No 51)

The architectural and urban planning solutions of Charles Correa, the brilliant Indian architect, effectively combine traditional spiritual and symbolic themes with the environmental and cultural demands of a modernized society. They have gained him a global following. His projects have been as wide-ranging as they are impressive: low-rise, low-cost, high-density housing, entire townships and extensions to major cities, but also many individual buildings, such as the Gandhi Museum. In addition to the architect's own presentation of his ideas, Kenneth Frampton provides an overall assessment of his achievement, and this model study of an increasingly influential figure is completed by a detailed chronology and bibliography.

Charles Correa

Correa, Charles

Biographies & Memoirs

Thames&Hudson

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Modern architecture: A critical history (World of art)

Modern architecture: A critical history (World of art)

Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture

Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture

Austrian New Wave

The Other Modern Movement: Architecture, 1920–1970

Modern Architecture and the Critical Present

Japanese Building Practice: From Ancient Times to the Meiji Period

Bruno Minardi (Architectural Monographs No 51)

Charles Correa