Studies in tectonic culture : the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture /

Frampton, Kenneth.

Studies in tectonic culture : the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century architecture / Kenneth Frampton ; edited by John Cava. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1995. - xi, 430 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

"Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-420) and index.

This text aims to clarify the various turns that structural engineering and tectonic imagination have taken, showing how both constructional form and material character were integral to an evolving architectural expression.

0262061732 (hc)

95009812

NA642 / .F72 1995

724.5