Modern Architecture: A Critical History

Author: Kenneth Frampton (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book offers a comprehensive examination of 20th-century architecture and its origins, and since its publication in 1980, it has been widely acclaimed as a classic in the field. In its revised and expanded second edition in 1985, the author added new content. This third edition further expands upon the second, incorporating new material and exploring current particularly important areas and arguments. The book's bibliography has also been thoroughly revised and expanded. It is rich in detail, covering almost all major architectural trends, schools, architects, and representative works from the mid-18th century to the 1990s. The book features abundant and exquisite illustrations, making it more visually engaging. Its objective and precise arguments clarify the complex threads of modern architectural development, with the cultural connotations and humanistic care inherent in architecture and architectural art running through the entire book. The intrinsic connections between architecture, music, painting, and philosophy are also more perceptible.