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• Introduction * Part I: Cultural developments and predisposing techniques 1750-1939 * Part II: A critical history 1836-1967 * Part III: Critical transformations 1925-90 * Part IV: World Architecture and the Modern Movement * Afterword: Architecture in the Age of Globalization.
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This highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980, and has helped to shape architectural practice and discourse worldwide. For this extensively revised and updated fifth edition, Kenneth Frampton has added a new section that explores in detail the modernist tradition in architecture across the globe in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He examines the varied ways in which architects are not only responding to the geographical, climatic, material and cultural contexts of their buildings, but also pursuing distinct lines of approach that emphasize topography, morphology, sustainability, materiality habitat and civic form. It remains an essential book for all students of architecture and architectural history.
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Five North American Architects - An Anthology brings together five architectural practices which, while all distinct, share a particularly sensitive feeling for the impact of craftsmanship and climate on the generation of form, as well as an equally shared concern for the expressive tactility of material and the articulation of structure under the impact of light. The book is an in depth survey of recent work by Steven Holl (New York), Rick Joy (Tucson) John and Patricia Patkau (Vancouver), Stanley Saitowitz (San Francisco), and Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe (Toronto). The regional specificity of the work is considered against a larger North American context, allowing one to assess the practice of architecture across the continent today.
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The quintessential Japanese architect of today, Kengo Kuma has forged a modern design language that artfully combines the countries traditional building crafts with sophisticated technologies and materials. Associating a deep understanding and respect for native construction techniques with a more globalized outlook than many of his compatriots, Kengo Kumas work represents a significant generational shift in a country rich with contemporary architecture. From his iconic Glass House (1995) to the Nezu Museum in Tokyo, this is the complete record of Kengo Kumas built work, comprising twentyfour projects to date. Architecture historian Kenneth Frampton frames Kumas work in the context of post-war Japans flourishing architecture scene and influential figures and offers a perspective on the international acclaim of Kumas ideas and buildings. Projects are organized by the material themes that have come to define the architects output: Water and Foliage; Wood; Bamboo and Grass; and Stone and Ceramics. Kuma develops a personal and architectural reflection on each. Each building is presented through descriptive text, newly commissioned photographs and detailed drawings, this last revealing a privileged view of the refined architectonic vocabulary that characterizes Kumas buildings. With the close collaboration of Kuma, this major monograph fully documents a leading light of the global architecture scene, offering a rich insight into contemporary interpretations of Japans ancient building traditions. This beautifully produced book will be an inspiration to any designer who aims to create spaces for history and the future.
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• Meier's style / Francesco Dal Co
• Forty years of practice / Kenneth Frampton
• Works and projects, 1965-2002
• On materiality / Richard Meier
• On the road again / Richard Meier
• On white / Richard Meier
• What good are critics? / Richard Meier
• Jubilee Church / Richard Meier
• Turning point / Richard Meier.

This comprehensive monograph documents the long and distinguished career of American architect Richard Meier (b.1934), winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984. Presenting 90 of his buildings from 1965-2002, the book spans Meier's early private homes to later major works such as the Getty Center in Los Angeles (1997), the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (1995) and the Jubilee Church in Rome, Italy (2004). Includes an introductory essay by critic Kenneth Frampton and several texts by Richard Meier as well as a detailed chronology of his work.
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• Table of ContentsIntroduction
• Part 1: Avant-Garde and Continuity 1887?1986
• Part 2: The Vicissitudes of the Organic 1910?1998
• Part 3: Universal Civilization and National Cultures 1935?1998
• Part 4: Production, Place and Reality 1927?1990BibliographyAcknowledgementIndex.
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This is the genealogy of architecture in the 20th century by Kenneth Frampton - the doyen of architecture history. His approach is impressively clear: he traces four lines that are recognizable as the powers that propel renewal in architecture. He structures his observations by focusing on the relevant periods in the following order: 1st, the Avant-Garde (1887-1986); 2nd, organic architecture (1910-1998); 3rd modern and national styles (1935-1998), and 4th, industrialization and prefabrication (1927-1990). His overview is not a lexical collection of chronological sequences. Instead, his insights stem from his confident eye for the history, theory and motives behind architecture. He also follows the steps of the great architects of the 20th century.
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• Introduction-- Part I: Cultural Developments and Predisposing Techniques 1750 - 1939-- Part II: A Critical History 1836 - 1967-- Part III: Critical Assessment and Extension into the Present 1925 - 2007.
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This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For this fourth edition, Kenneth Frampton has added a major new chapter that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years, the rise annd rise of the celebrity architect, and the way in which practices worldwide have addressed such issues as sustainability and habitat. The bibliography has also been updated and expanded, making this volume more complete and indispensable than ever.
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This is a monograph devoted to one of the leading architects on the contemporary scene. Born at Bremerton in the state of Washington in 1947, Steven Holl studied architecture at the University of Washington at Seattle, and later on in Rome and at the Architectural Association in London. He has worked both in the United States and in Europe, and a great deal in the East, especially in Japan. His most important designs, notable for their respect for the cultural and historical environment they are set in, include the Makuhari residential complex in Japan, the St Ignatius chapel of the University of Seattle, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki and the extension of the Cranbrook Institute of Science at Bloomfield Hills in Michigan. Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture of Columbia University, Holl has taught courses and lectures in other institutions around the United States and abroad. He has won many awards, including the Arnold W. Brunner prize for architecture in 1990 and the Alvar Aalto medal in 1998.
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• Prelims-- Kenneth Frampton Introduction: The Predicament of Architecture at the Turn of the Century-- Essays with
• section introductions by Frampton Theory-- Apropos Ulm: Curriculum and Critical Theory-- The Volvo Case-- Labour, Work and Architecture: The Status of Man and the Status of His Objects-- Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance-- Rappel a l'Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic-- History-- The Humanist versus the Utilitarian Ideal-- The Work and Influence of El Lissitsky-- The Maison de Verre as Bachelor Machine-- Team
• 10: The Vicissitudes of Ideology-- Constructivism: The Pursuit of an Elusive Sensibility-- Louis Kahn and the French Connection-- In Spite of Void: The Otherness of Adolf Loos-- The Other Le Corbusier: Primitive Form and the Linear City 1929-52-- The Usonian Legacy-- The Legacy of Alvar Aalto: Evolution and Influence-- Criticism-- Leicester University Engineering Laboratory-- Genesis of the Philarmonie-- A House of Ivy League Values-- Moneo's Paseo: The Bankinter, Madrid-- The Structural Regionalism of Herman Hertzberger-- Alvaro Siza: At the Still Point of the Turning World-- The Synthesis of Opposites: The Work of Tadao Ando-- In the Name of the Father-- Minimal Moralia: Reflections on Recent Swiss German Production-- Footnotes-- Biography and Selected Bibliography-- Index-- Acknowledgements.
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This is an anthology of writings by the architectural critic Kenneth Frampton. It brings together 25 essays and writings from the 1970s to 2001, which focus on 20th-century architecture, dealing with themes and movements in architecture, built works and the architects responsible for these buildings. The essay subjects range from Russian Constructivism to the Case Study houses of West-Coast America. A number of individual architects and buildings are also explored, such as Le Corbusier, Adolf Loos, Louis Kahn, Hans Scharoun's Philarmonie in Berlin, the Leicester Engineering Building by Stirling, Kahn and Gowen, the Ford Foundation Headquarters by Roche and Dinkeloo Associates, and contemporary Swiss architectural practices.
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Widely regarded as the greatest architect of the 20th century, the Swiss-born Le Corbusier (1887-1965) left an indelible mark on modern building design and city planning. Here is an authoritative exploration of Le Corbusier's greatest buildings. From the Chapel of Ronchamp in Notre Dame du Haut, France, and the Unite d'habitation in Marseilles, to the city of Chandigarh in India and the Carpenter Arts Center at Harvard University, these modern buildings - shown in more than 100 newly commissioned photographs supplemented by the architect's own original measured drawings and sketches - provide a tribute to the spirit, bold, functional expressionism and imagination that are Le Corbusier's legacy.
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• Introduction 1 The Formative Years 1887-1916 2 Towards a New Architecture 1917-1927 3 The City of Tomorrow 1910-1933 4 Decorative Art Today 1925-1937 5 A House, A Palace 1923-1929 6 World Architect: Czechoslovakia, Russia, Brazil, North Africa, North America, France and Switzerland 1928-1936 7 The Politics of the Unpolitical: Le Corbusier and Saint-Simonian Technocracy 1923-1947 8 From Intermediate Technology to Regional Urbanization 1929-1946 9 Towards a New Habitat 1922-1960 10 The Sacred and the Profane: Le Corbusier and Spiritual Form 1948-1965 11 Passage to India 1950-1965 12 Le Poeme de l'Angle Droit 13 Fin d'un Monde: The Last Works 1939-65 Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments for Illustrations, Index.
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Le Corbusier's ideas and works constitute the greatest single influence in the development of architecture in the 20th century. His passionately expressed philosophy has had an enormous effect on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes - his perennial drive towards new types of dwelling, from the early white villas to the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles; his evolving concepts of urban form, including the Plan Voisin of 1925; and his belief in a new technocratic order. Frampton draws on the latest research to set Le Corbusier's work against the background of his complex personality. The treatment is largely chronological, revealing the architect's development and his world-wide legacy. It discusses the full range of his achievement, from realized buildings and the new Indian city of Chandigarh, to the messianic modernist publications in which he espoused his fervent belief in architecture as an agent of progress.
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• Architecture as critical transformation - the work of Alvaro Siza, Kenneth Frampton-- homage to Alvaro Siza, Fernando Tavora-- works, projects and writings 1952-1999.
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A comprehensive study of the work of Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza, this monograph covers his built works, projects and writings from the early 1950s to 1999. Born in 1933 in Matosinhos, Portugal, Siza is one of the world's most respected architects, and the recipient of many awards including the Alvar Aalto Foundation Gold Medal in 1988 and the US Pritzker Prize in 1992. Writings by Siza complement the monograph which is presented in chronological order.
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The Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava (born 1951) is known around the world for his bridge constructions. The combine technology and aesthetics in a unique display of elegance. The materials of concrete and steel achieve a new expressivity in his bridges. Calatrava Bridges is the standard work that extensively documents all built and designed bridges (around 40) in precise descriptions, fascinating technical drawings, and attractive photographs.
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• Introduction - reflections on the scope of the tectonic-- Greco-Gothic and neo-Gothic - the Anglo-French origins of tectonic form-- the rise of the tectonic - core form and art form in the German Enlightenment, 1750-1870-- Frank Lloyd Wright and the text-tile tectonic-- Auguste Perret and classical rationalism-- Mies van der Rohe - avant-garde and continuity-- Louis Kahn - modernization and the New Monumentality, 1944-1972-- Jorn Utzon - transcultural form and the tectonic metaphor-- Carlo Scarpa and the adoration of the joint-- postscriptum - the tectonic trajectory, 1903-1994-- the owl of Minerva - an epilogue.
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This is Kenneth Frampton's follow-up to his "A Critical History of Modern Architecture". "Studies in Tectonic Culture" is 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 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 18th 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 forn, casting a critical new light on the entire issue of modernity and on the place of much work that has passed as "avant-garde".
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The third revised and enlarged edition of a title in the WORLD OF ART series, providing a survey of 20th century architecture and its origins, with a new final chapter and a reviewed and extended bibliography.
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