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Studies in Tectonic Culture is nothing less than a rethinking of the entire modern architectural tradition. The notion of tectonics as employed by Frampton -- the focus on architecture as a constructional craft -- constitutes a direct challenge to current mainstream thinking on the artistic limits of postmodernism, and suggests a convincing alternative. Indeed, Frampton(...)
Studies in tectonic culture: the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture
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Studies in Tectonic Culture is nothing less than a rethinking of the entire modern architectural tradition. The notion of tectonics as employed by Frampton -- the focus on architecture as a constructional craft -- constitutes a direct challenge to current mainstream thinking on the artistic limits of postmodernism, and suggests a convincing alternative. Indeed, Frampton argues, modern architecture is invariably as much about structure and construction as it is about space and abstract form. 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. Frampton considers the conscious cultivation of the tectonic tradition in architecture as an essential element in the future development of architectural form, casting a critical new light on the entire issue of modernity and on the place of much work that has passed as "avant-garde."
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October 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
Architectural Theory
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Jesús María Aparicio Guisado expounds here his conception of architecture by exploring the notion of the wall in four major buildings through drawing and words.
Architectural Theory
January 2024
Le mur : Concept essentiel dans le projet architectonique
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Jesús María Aparicio Guisado expounds here his conception of architecture by exploring the notion of the wall in four major buildings through drawing and words.
Architectural Theory
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The book gathers every building of Serrano's career to date, spanning Brazil, France, Singapore and Nicaragua as well as Mexico, and paying special homage to two of his Mexico City masterpieces, the campus of the Universidad Iberoamericana, and Terminal 2 of the International Airport. Serrano's maturity of language and consistency of craftsmanship shine in all of his(...)
Francisco Serrano: complete works
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The book gathers every building of Serrano's career to date, spanning Brazil, France, Singapore and Nicaragua as well as Mexico, and paying special homage to two of his Mexico City masterpieces, the campus of the Universidad Iberoamericana, and Terminal 2 of the International Airport. Serrano's maturity of language and consistency of craftsmanship shine in all of his designs, ranging from corporate buildings to condominiums to housing developments.
Architecture Monographs
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Présentation de 44 maisons réalisées de 1908 à 2007 qui ont marqué l'histoire de l'architecture résidentielle américaine et l'histoire de l'architecture moderne et contemporaine.
Grands architectes et maisons Américaines des XXe et XXie siècles
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Présentation de 44 maisons réalisées de 1908 à 2007 qui ont marqué l'histoire de l'architecture résidentielle américaine et l'histoire de l'architecture moderne et contemporaine.
Residential Architecture
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The Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, was built for the local NGO Friendship, which provides services for poor citizens of the region. Built by Dhaka-based architect Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury, it was designed to provide an inviting and accessible space for those who use the Centre’s services. This book looks closely at the Centre’s design and construction.
Architecture Monographs
September 2016
Kashef Chowdhury: The Friendship Centre
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The Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, was built for the local NGO Friendship, which provides services for poor citizens of the region. Built by Dhaka-based architect Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury, it was designed to provide an inviting and accessible space for those who use the Centre’s services. This book looks closely at the Centre’s design and construction.
Architecture Monographs
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Usually associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete. Renowned historian Kenneth Frampton offers a bold look at this crucial period, focusing on architects less commonly associated with the movement in order to reveal the(...)
The other Modern moverment: Architecture, 1920-1970
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Usually associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete. Renowned historian Kenneth Frampton offers a bold look at this crucial period, focusing on architects less commonly associated with the movement in order to reveal the breadth and complexity of architectural modernism. ''The other Modern movement'' profiles nineteen architects, each of whom consciously contributed to the evolution of a new architectural typology through a key work realized between 1922 and 1962. Frampton’s account offers new insights into iconic buildings like Eileen Gray’s E-1027 House in France and Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, California, as well as lesser-known works such as Antonin Raymond’s Tokyo Golf Club and Alejandro de la Sota’s Maravillas School Gymnasium in Madrid. Foregrounding the ways that these diverse projects employed progressive models, advanced new methods in construction techniques, and displayed a new sociocultural awareness, Frampton shines a light on the rich legacy of the Modern Movement and the enduring potential of the unfinished modernist project.
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Cet un ouvrage est issu d’un roadtrip d’étude de trois mois, mené par trois jeunes femmes architectes, dans l’Est américain. Il rend compte de leur périple et présente douze thématiques qui regroupent constructions traditionnelles et contemporaines, témoignant toutes d’un «bon sens» constructif et écologique. Le livre rend compte de leur découverte in situ de modèles(...)
What about vernacular ?
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Cet un ouvrage est issu d’un roadtrip d’étude de trois mois, mené par trois jeunes femmes architectes, dans l’Est américain. Il rend compte de leur périple et présente douze thématiques qui regroupent constructions traditionnelles et contemporaines, témoignant toutes d’un «bon sens» constructif et écologique. Le livre rend compte de leur découverte in situ de modèles architecturaux redevenus inspirants par les savoir-faire artisanaux convoqués, la beauté naturelle des matériaux utilisés et l’absence de défi technologique. Leur travail fait ressortir d’une part la nécessité de prendre le temps de regarder pour comprendre et sentir les lieux, et celle de se constituer une sorte de «bibliothèque» de sensations, et d’autre part les vertus formatrices des voyages, sources de rencontres, d’échanges et d’expériences dynamisantes.
Architecture since 1900, Americas
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Volume 1: Canada and the United States
Architecture in Canada
November 1999, New York
World architecture : a critical mosaic 1900-2000
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Volume 1: Canada and the United States
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November 1999, New York
Architecture in Canada
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This volume documents the 1992, 1994 and 1996 sessions of the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture, a forum where the world's most distinguished architects and critics gather to present their work and to discuss pressing issues in architectural practice today. Each section includes the architects' edited presentations illustrated with photographs, plans, and(...)
Technology, place & architecture : the Jerusalem seminar in architecture
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This volume documents the 1992, 1994 and 1996 sessions of the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture, a forum where the world's most distinguished architects and critics gather to present their work and to discuss pressing issues in architectural practice today. Each section includes the architects' edited presentations illustrated with photographs, plans, and drawings. This book also features essays by critics and biographies of the participants.
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May 1998, New York
Architectural Theory
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Le Corbusier
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Le Corbusier is probably the most famous and certainly the most controversial architect of the twentieth century. His impact on the urban fabric around us and on the way we live has been gigantic because of the richness and variety of his work and his(...)
Le Corbusier
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Le Corbusier is probably the most famous and certainly the most controversial architect of the twentieth century. His impact on the urban fabric around us and on the way we live has been gigantic because of the richness and variety of his work and his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes — his perennial drive toward new types of dwelling, from the early white villas to the U'ité d'Habitation at Marseille; his evolving concepts of urban form, including the Plan Voisin of 1925 with its cruciform towers imposed on the city of Paris and his work at Chandigarh in India; and his belief in a new technocratic order. The distinguished critic and historian Kenneth Frampton reexamines all these facets of his artistic and philosophical worldview in the light of recent discoveries, and presents us with a Le Corbusier for the twenty-first century.
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June 2001, London
Architecture Monographs