Main entry:

Frampton, Kenneth.

Title & Author:

Studies in tectonic culture : the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture / Kenneth Frampton ; edited by John Cava.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 1995.

Description:

xi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois."
Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-421) and index (pages [425]-430).
Foreword / Harry Francis Mallgrave -- 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 Rohne : avant-garde and continuity -- Louis Kahn : modernization and the new monumentality, 1944-1972 -- Jørn Utzon : transcultural form and the tectonic metaphor -- Carlo Scarpa and the adoratiaon of the joint -- Postscriptum : the tectonic trajectory, 1903-1994 -- The owl of Minverva : an epilogue.
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Summary:

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--Back cover.

ISBN:

0262061732 (hc)
9780262061735 (hc)
0262561492 (pb)
9780262561495 (paperback)

Subject:

Symbolism in architecture.
Architecture, Modern 19th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Semiotics and architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Sémiotique et architecture.
Architecture 19e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 19e siècle Dessins et plans.
Architecture 20e siècle Dessins et plans.
Symbolisme en architecture.
Bouwconstructies.
Bouwstijlen.
Bouwkunst.
Signs and symbols in architecture

Added entries:

Cava, John.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 81187
Call No.: ID NA642.F7; ID:95-B2620
Status: Available