GSD 7212 Issues in the Practice of Architecture Frampton: Critical Regionalism Page 5. Craftwork and gravity, so as to yield a component which is in fact a condensation of the entire structure. We may speak here of the presentation of a structural poetic rather than the re- presentation of a facade. Description of the book 'Modern Architecture: A Critical History': This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For this fourth edition, Kenneth Frampton has added a major new chapter that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years.
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This acclaimed survey of 20th-century architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. Now revised, enlarged and expanded, Kenneth Frampton brings the story up to date and adds an entirely new concluding chapter that focuses on four countries where individual talent and enlightened patron
Published April 27th 1992 by Thames & Hudson (first published 1980)
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Mar 16, 2009Uaba rated it it was amazing
This is certainly the best book of Modern Achitecture ever written. It's easy to read and very simple. I just wish the pictures were not in black and white.
Jan 16, 2011Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk rated it it was amazing Shelves: architecture, my-must-reads, reference, history, non-fiction
This book is possibly the best survey of modern architecture in print. Short, concise chapters outline the major philosophies and trends that underwrote the buildings of our times. No student of Art, Design and Architecture should be without it!
Jun 03, 2017Dimitris rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Το βιβλίο είναι αρτιότατο. Για όποιον ενδιαφέρεται για Αρχιτεκτονική. Οπότε, ιδού και το απαραίτητον διευκρινιστικό σχόλιο στην κριτική μου: ΟΥΣΤ!
Did Frampton disrespect Frank Lloyd Wright? Was Bauhaus a style or band? Could Zunkunftskathedrale have something to do with a cathedral and zoo? Absolute requirement--- touch, read and tote---for those students pursuing knowledge, beauty coupled with criticism!
All elevated or lowly undertakings some would argue start with curiosity, the questions presents itself like a hungry belly grumbling with a question of why, how or more appropriately “how idiotic, why?” Three chapters into “Modern Archit...more
All elevated or lowly undertakings some would argue start with curiosity, the questions presents itself like a hungry belly grumbling with a question of why, how or more appropriately “how idiotic, why?” Three chapters into “Modern Archit...more
Modern Architecture A Critical History
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Nov 20, 2009Dyonne rated it really liked it
In 1992 my Professors Cava & Cloepfil introduced me to K.Framptons writings and theories. Changed the emphasis of my education & re-focussed how I read the buildings & cities around me.
Fluffy, but Frampton is incredible in his historical writing.
Essential reading for architects.
Sep 19, 2017Andreas Schmidt rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Architettura moderna, questa sconosciuta
Traccia a grandi linee la storia dell'architettura moderna dalla fine del Diciottesimo secolo ai giorni nostri. L'autore cerca di fare il punto della situazione, ma quattrocento pagine non sono sufficienti per descrivere la storia dell'architettura dal periodo moderno. Forse non ne basterebbero nemmeno duemila.
Traccia a grandi linee la storia dell'architettura moderna dalla fine del Diciottesimo secolo ai giorni nostri. L'autore cerca di fare il punto della situazione, ma quattrocento pagine non sono sufficienti per descrivere la storia dell'architettura dal periodo moderno. Forse non ne basterebbero nemmeno duemila.
its good
Essay format makes for quick goal reading, but the writing is sometimes a bit opaque. additionally, there are a lot of references to projects that are not visually documented within the book, leaving the reader to guess. Inclusion of those would have made the book prohibitively large. Be sure to be around a computer to look up what is referenced.
Mar 04, 2014elliot rated it liked it
anytime i read architectural criticism, i think of george orwell's famous bloodletting of a passage from ecclesiastes, where
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the
race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor
yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favor to men of skill; but time and chance
happeneth to them all.
becomes:
Objective consideration of contemporary
phenomena compels the conclusion that
success or failure in competitive activities...more
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the
race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor
yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favor to men of skill; but time and chance
happeneth to them all.
becomes:
Objective consideration of contemporary
phenomena compels the conclusion that
success or failure in competitive activities...more
Nov 17, 2014Saumya rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Brilliant. It is a very truthful book. Even if one doesn't agree with some of the author's views, it is impossible not to be astounded by the amount of work put into this book. I rate it this high because this book has successfully achieved existence. A topic this broad wrapped up effectively in about 300 pages is definitely a feat in itself. Also, this is the first book on architecture that I have read from the first word to the last, and I am glad I did.
Definitely a classic. Frampton tends towards the verbose in some of his 'critical' evaluations, but overall I gained much from reading this (at least compared to the agitprop tomes of Tafuri and Benevolo).
Aug 25, 2015Racdin rated it it was amazing
Nearly cover all you need to know
changed my life
Pretentious to the point of being unreadable. Nice pictures though...
Really this deserves a 4.5
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Kenneth Frampton is a British architect, critic, historian and the Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York.
Frampton studied architecture at Guildford School of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. Subsequently he worked in Israel, with Middlesex County Council and Douglas Ste...more
Frampton studied architecture at Guildford School of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. Subsequently he worked in Israel, with Middlesex County Council and Douglas Ste...more