A GENEALOGY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

A reference work on modern architecture by Kenneth Frampton, one of todays leading architectural theorists. Conceived as a genealog y of twentieth century architecture from 1924 to 2000, it compiles some sixteen comparative analyses of canonical modern buildings r anging from exhibition pavilions and private houses to office buildings and various kinds of public institutions.The buildings are c ompared in terms of their hierarchical spatial order, circulation structure and referential details. The analyses are organized so a s to show...[Read more]