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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 724 EAN: 9780500203958 Edition: 4 ISBN: 0500203954 Label: Thames & Hudson Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 424 Publication Date: September 30, 2007 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Studio: Thames & Hudson Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "One of the most important works on modern architecture we have today."—Architectural Design "A useful and wide-ranging work of superior architectural scholarship, this ambitious publication contains many chapters that stand on their own as perceptive essays; it is marked throughout by a consistently mature critical intelligence."—New York Review of Books This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For the fourth edition Kenneth Frampton has added a major new section that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years and examines the phenomenon of international celebrity architects who are increasingly active all over the world. The bibliography has been updated and expanded, making this volume more complete and indispensable than ever. 420 illustrations. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Framptonian CriticismExcellent source for architecture students that want to acquire a perspective about modern architecture. Frampton provide his peculiar criticism about conflicts, particularities and contradictions of 19th and 20th century arquitectural history. Recommended for anyone. 
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