A genealogy of modern architecture
Subtitle: comparative critical analysis of built form
By: Kenneth Frampton ; edited by Ashley Simone
Contributors: Simone, Ashley, editor
Publisher: LARS MULLER
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9783037783696
Subjects: Comparative architecture; Modern Architecture
Description: This title is a reference work on modern architecture by Kenneth Frampton, one of today's leading architectural theorists. Conceived as a genealogy of twentieth century architecture from 1924 to 2000, it compiles some sixteen comparative analyses of canonical modern buildings ranging from exhibition pavilions and private houses to office buildings and various kinds of public institutions. The buildings are compared in terms of their hierarchical spatial order, circulation structure and referential details. The analyses are organized so as to show what is similar and different between two paired types, thus revealing how modern tradition has been diversely inflected. Richly illustrated, this book is a new standard work in architectural education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: A genealogy of modern architecture: 1923-1980 : A synoptic note on the modern movement 1923-1980 ; Towards an ontological architecture: a philosophical excursus ;  Comparative critical analysis of built form as a pedagogical exercise; title: Houses and pavilions : Schröder House, Maison Cook ; Finnish Pavilion, Le Pavillon des temps nouveaux ; Tugendhat house, Villa Mairea ; Kaufmann House, Villa Sarabhai ; Y-House, Barnes House ; Tubac House, Agosta House; title: Housing : Siedlung Halen, Fredensborg housing ; Highpoint 1 apartments, Hansaviertel apartments; title: Office buildings : Centraal Beheer, Willis Faber-Dumas headquarters; title: Civic buildings : Casa del Fascio, Gothenburg Law Courts; title: Concert halls : Kursaal Congress Center, Kongresszentrum; title: Museums : Kimbell Art Museum, Nordjyllands Museum ; Centre Pompidou, Médiathèque Carré d'Art; title: Stadia : Olympic Sports Pavilion, San Nicola Stadium.