Modern Architecture: A Critical HistoryThis acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For the fourth edition Kenneth Frampton has added a major new section that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years and examines the phenomenon of international celebrity architects who are increasingly active all over the world. The bibliography has been updated and expanded, making this volume more complete and indispensable than ever. |
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Page 109
... machine aesthetic of the 20th century . C.M. Chipkin ' Lutyens and Imperialism ' , RIBA Journal , 1969 With the ... machines . It is already evident that inventions no longer are , as they had been in earlier times , means for warding ...
... machine aesthetic of the 20th century . C.M. Chipkin ' Lutyens and Imperialism ' , RIBA Journal , 1969 With the ... machines . It is already evident that inventions no longer are , as they had been in earlier times , means for warding ...
Page 134
... machine aesthetic ' in action . Further doubts arise when one considers the undeniably picturesque qualities of the composition . And although Meyer claimed in his report that ' our building symbolizes noth- ing ' , and that its ...
... machine aesthetic ' in action . Further doubts arise when one considers the undeniably picturesque qualities of the composition . And although Meyer claimed in his report that ' our building symbolizes noth- ing ' , and that its ...
Page 224
... machine aesthetic not been totally abandoned ( as we may judge from ' curtain - walled ' struc- tures built by the practice between 1930 and 1933 ) , but also works such as the de Beistgui Penthouse unexpectedly revealed a Surrealist ...
... machine aesthetic not been totally abandoned ( as we may judge from ' curtain - walled ' struc- tures built by the practice between 1930 and 1933 ) , but also works such as the de Beistgui Penthouse unexpectedly revealed a Surrealist ...
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A critical history 18361967 | 41 |
the Auditorium and the high rise 188695 | 51 |
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