Main entry:

Leatherbarrow, David.

Title & Author:

Uncommon ground : architecture, technology, and topography / David Leatherbarrow.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.

Description:

xi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"To study the relationships between building and siting in these locations I have focused on the work of three architect-authors: Richard Neutra, Antonin Raymond, and Aris Konstantinidis, who practiced in the United States, Japan, and Greece respectively"--P. vii.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-293) and index.
Architecture and its horizons -- Building levels -- Back to front, or about face -- The topographical horizon of dwelling equipment -- In and outside of architecture -- The play of articulation.
Phyllis Lambert and the CCA mentioned in preface.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Although both are central to architecture, siting and construction are often treated as separate domains. In Uncommon Ground, David Leatherbarrow illuminates their relationship, focusing on the years between 1930 and 1960, when utopian ideas about the role of technology in building gave way to an awareness of its disruptive impact on cities and culture. He examines the work of three architects, Richard Neutra, Antonin Raymond, and Aris Konstantinidis, who practiced in the United States, Japan, and Greece respectively."
"The conflict between technological progress and cultural continuity, Leatherbarrow claims, exists only in theory, not in the real world of architecture. He argues that the act of building is not a matter of restoring regional identity by re-creating familiar signs, but of incorporating construction into the process of topography's perpetual becoming."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0262122308 (hc. ; alk. paper)
9780262122306 (hc. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970 Criticism and interpretation.
Raymond, Antonin, 1888-1976 Criticism and interpretation.
Kōnstantinidēs, Arēs, 1913-1993 Criticism and interpretation.
Neutra, Richard, 1892-1970 Criticism and interpretation
Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970 Critique et interprétation
Raymond, Antonin, 1888- Critique et interprétation
Kōnstantinidēs, Arēs, 1913- Critique et interprétation
Kōnstantinidēs, Arēs, 1913-1993.
Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970.
Raymond, Antonin, 1888-1976.
Kōnstantinidēs, Arēs 1913-1993
Neutra, Richard 1892-1970
Raymond, Antonin 1888-1976
Neutra, Richard Joseph.
Kōnstantinidēs, Arēs, 1913-
American ORT Federation
Building sites Planning.
Architecture and technology.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture et technologie.
Chantiers de construction Planification.
Architekturtheorie
Architektur
Beziehung
Topografie
Umland
Architekturkritik
Landschaftsgebundenes Bauen
Bouwkunst.
Bouwkunde.
Bouwlocaties.
Ruimtelijke ordening.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Lambert, Phyllis
Centre canadien d'architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213184
Call No.: NA2540.5 .L4 2000
Status: Available