Essays in Architectural Criticism: Modern Architecture and Historical Change - Couverture souple

Colquhoun, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262530635 ISBN 13 : 9780262530637

Editeur : The MIT Press, 1985

Synopsis

This collection of 17 of Alan Colquhoun's essays marks a watershed in the development of architectural thinking over the past three decades, comprising a virtual "theory of Modernism" in architecture.

Preface by Kenneth Frampton. Winner of the 1985 Architectural Critics Award for the best book published on architectural criticism over the past three years.

Since the early 1950s, Alan Colquhoun's criticism and theory have acted as a conscience to a generation of architects. His rigor and conceptual clarity have consistently stimulated debate and have served as an impetus for the pursuit of new directions in both theory and practice. This collection of 17 of his essays marks a watershed in the development of architectural thinking over the past three decades, comprising a virtual "theory of Modernism" in architecture.

In his earliest essays, Colquhoun concentrated on themes that for him comprised the modernist attitude in architecture - language, typology, and the structure of form. His stance since then has consistently been to try to relate these issues to current practice and to analyze the nature of architectural expression in relation to culture.

An Oppositions Book.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alan Colquhoun is a practicing architect and Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. His previous collection of essays received the 1985 Architectural Critics Award.

Kenneth Frampton is Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262530635
• ISBN 13: 9780262530637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 215
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