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Labour, Work and Architecture
Kenneth Frampton
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Description for Labour, Work and Architecture
Hardcover. An anthology of writings by esteemed architectural critic Kenneth Frampton. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1276.
This anthology of writings by the architectural critic Kenneth Frampton brings together his most influential essays from the last 35 years. The essays focus on twentieth-century architecture, dealing with diverse themes and movements, built works and the architects responsible for these buildings. The writings are presented in clear chronological order within three sections - Theory, History, and Criticism - which together serve to identify modern architecture in its broader cultural and historical context. The compilation assimilates early critical reviews from the 1960s and 70s analysing contemporary buildings, as well as lengthier pieces covering architecture and the ... Read more
This anthology of writings by the architectural critic Kenneth Frampton brings together his most influential essays from the last 35 years. The essays focus on twentieth-century architecture, dealing with diverse themes and movements, built works and the architects responsible for these buildings. The writings are presented in clear chronological order within three sections - Theory, History, and Criticism - which together serve to identify modern architecture in its broader cultural and historical context. The compilation assimilates early critical reviews from the 1960s and 70s analysing contemporary buildings, as well as lengthier pieces covering architecture and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714840802
SKU
V9780714840802
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99-15
About Kenneth Frampton
Kenneth Frampton is an internationally respected architectural critic who holds the Ware Professorship in Architecture at Columbia University, New York. He lectures extensively in the US and Europe, and has also written, edited and contributed to numerous publications on contemporary architecture. He is the author of Modern Architecture: A Critical History, Studies in Tectonic Culture and Alvaro Siza (Phaidon, 2000). ... Read more
Reviews for Labour, Work and Architecture
For his entire career Mr Frampton has looked beneath the aesthetic surface of buildings in search of deeper meanings... -Paul Goldberger, The New York Times