Studies in tectonic culture
Subtitle: the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture
By: Kenneth Frampton ; edited by John Cava.
Contributors: Cava, John.; Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Symbolism in architecture; Architecture, Modern -- 19th century; Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
Description: 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.

The book's ten essays and an epilogue trace the history of contemporary form as an evolving poetics of structure and construction. Its analytical framework rests on Frampton's close readings of key French, German, and English sources from the eighteenth century to the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-420) and index.
"Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois."