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Studies in tectonic culture : the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture / Kenneth Frampton ; edited by John Cava.

By: Frampton, Kenneth [author.]Contributor(s): Cava, John [editor.] | Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts [associated with work.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Description: xi, 430 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262561495 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Symbolism in architecture | Architecture, Modern -- 19th century | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Architecture and Planning | Architecture and PlanningDDC classification: 724.5 Summary: 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.
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At foot of title: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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