Studies in tectonic culture : the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture

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Studies in tectonic culture : the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture

Kenneth Frampton ; edited by John Cava

MIT Press, c1995

  • : hc
  • : pbk

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"Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-421) and index

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: hc ISBN 9780262061735

内容説明

This is Kenneth Frampton's follow-up to his "A Critical History of Modern Architecture". "Studies in Tectonic Culture" is 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 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 18th 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 forn, casting a critical new light on the entire issue of modernity and on the place of much work that has passed as "avant-garde".

目次

  • Introduction - reflections on the scope of the tectonic
  • Greco-Gothic and neo-Gothic - the Anglo-French origins of tectonic form
  • the rise of the tectonic - core form and art form in the German Enlightenment, 1750-1870
  • Frank Lloyd Wright and the text-tile tectonic
  • Auguste Perret and classical rationalism
  • Mies van der Rohe - avant-garde and continuity
  • Louis Kahn - modernization and the New Monumentality, 1944-1972
  • Jorn Utzon - transcultural form and the tectonic metaphor
  • Carlo Scarpa and the adoration of the joint
  • postscriptum - the tectonic trajectory, 1903-1994
  • the owl of Minerva - an epilogue.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780262561495

内容説明

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. Kenneth Frampton's long-awaited follow-up to his classic A Critical History of Modern Architecture is certain to influence any future debate on the evolution of modern architecture. 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." A copublication of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies and The MIT Press.

目次

  • Introduction - reflections on the scope of the tectonic
  • Greco-Gothic and neo-Gothic - the Anglo-French origins of tectonic form
  • the rise of the tectonic - core form and art form in the German Enlightenment, 1750-1870
  • Frank Lloyd Wright and the text-tile tectonic
  • Auguste Perret and classical rationalism
  • Mies van der Rohe - avant-garde and continuity
  • Louis Kahn - modernization and the New Monumentality, 1944-1972
  • Jorn Utzon - transcultural form and the tectonic metaphor
  • Carlo Scarpa and the adoration of the joint
  • postscriptum - the tectonic trajectory, 1903-1994
  • the owl of Minerva - an epilogue.

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