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.
Table of Contents
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.
About the Author
Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, Columbia University, New York.
Reviews
A useful and wide-ranging work of superior architectural scholarship, this ambitious publication contains many chapters that stand on their own as perceptive essays; it is marked throughout by a consistently mature critical intelligence.
Starting with a brief history on the origins of architecture, this ambitious survey of modern architecture takes a look at the effects of globalisation on architecture in the past 200 years. This book includes examples of architects and their masterpieces (including images, as well as site plans, drawings, etc.). This book can be hard to grasp without out some prior knowledge of architecture.
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