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 135
... traditional urban precept of the street , regarded as an enclosed , external room . The full measure of Stam's revolt against this tradition may be judged from his 1926 project for the Rokin district of Amsterdam , where the continuity ...
... traditional urban precept of the street , regarded as an enclosed , external room . The full measure of Stam's revolt against this tradition may be judged from his 1926 project for the Rokin district of Amsterdam , where the continuity ...
Page 258
... traditional Japanese wooden construction , a mannerism which was to become the architectonic touchstone of Japanese architecture after the Second World War . Its interior was equally in advance of its time by the standards of the ...
... traditional Japanese wooden construction , a mannerism which was to become the architectonic touchstone of Japanese architecture after the Second World War . Its interior was equally in advance of its time by the standards of the ...
Page 291
... traditional Milanese tenements , where the corridors signify a life - style bathed in everyday Occurrences , domestic intimacy and varied personal relationships . However , another aspect of this design was made clear to me by Fabio ...
... traditional Milanese tenements , where the corridors signify a life - style bathed in everyday Occurrences , domestic intimacy and varied personal relationships . However , another aspect of this design was made clear to me by Fabio ...
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INTRODUCTION | 8 |
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structural engineering 17751939 | 29 |
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