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 90
... culture . He does not have the security of the peasant to whom this culture is innate . The town dweller is an upstart . I call culture , that balance of inner and outer man , which alone can guarantee reasonable thought and action ...
... culture . He does not have the security of the peasant to whom this culture is innate . The town dweller is an upstart . I call culture , that balance of inner and outer man , which alone can guarantee reasonable thought and action ...
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... culture to a higher level , we are forced , whether we like it or not , to change our architecture . And this will be possible only if we free the rooms in which we live of their enclosed character . This , however , we can only do by ...
... culture to a higher level , we are forced , whether we like it or not , to change our architecture . And this will be possible only if we free the rooms in which we live of their enclosed character . This , however , we can only do by ...
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... Culture , otherwise known as the Prolet- kult . This movement dedicated itself to the regeneration of culture through a new unity of science , industry and art . For Bogdanov , a super - science of ' tectology ' would afford the new ...
... Culture , otherwise known as the Prolet- kult . This movement dedicated itself to the regeneration of culture through a new unity of science , industry and art . For Bogdanov , a super - science of ' tectology ' would afford the new ...
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A critical history 18361967 | 41 |
the Auditorium and the high rise 188695 | 51 |
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