Main entry:

Frampton, Kenneth.

Title & Author:

Labour, work and architecture / Kenneth Frampton.

Publication:

London : Phaidon, 2002.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: On the Predicament of Architecture at the Turn of the Century -- Theory. The Status of Man and the Status of his Objects. Apropos Ulm: Curriculum and Critical Theory. The Volvo Case. Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance. Rappel a l'Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic -- History. The Humanist versus the Utilitarian Ideal. The Work and Influence of El Lissitzky. Team 10, Plus 20: The Vicissitudes of Ideology. Constructivism: The Pursuit of an Elusive Sensibility. Louis Kahn and the French Connection. Maison de Verre as Bachelor Machine. In Spite of the Void: The Otherness of Adolf Loos. The Other Le Corbusier: Primitive Form and the Linear City, 1929-52. The Usonian Legacy. The Legacy of Alvar Aalto -- Criticism. Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. Genesis of the Philharmonie. A House of Ivy League Values: The Ford Foundation Headquarters. Moneo's Paseo: The Bankinter. The Structural Regionalism of Herman Hertzberger. Alvaro Siza: Duarte Housue and the Teixeira Apartment. The Work of Tadao Ando. In the Name of the Father: O. M. Ungers's German Ambassador's Residence. Minimal Moralia: Reflections on Recent Swiss German Production.

Summary:

This is an anthology of writings by the architectural critic Kenneth Frampton. It brings together 25 essays and writings which focus on 20th-century architecture, dealing with themes and movements in architecture, built works and the architects responsible for these buildings.

ISBN:

0714840807
9780714840802

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223405
Call No.: NA44.F813.A35 2002
Status: Available