Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld: Essays in Honor of Kenneth Frampton

Name: Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld: Essays in Honor of Kenneth Frampton
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500343630
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Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld explores the complex interplay between politics, nationalism, environment, and modern architectural evolution. This illustrated collection of essays honours Kenneth Frampton's profound influence on architectural thought, examining how architecture responds to cultural and constructional demands. Contributors address pressing issues like regional identity in the face of globalisation, and the integration of tectonic culture and landform in place-making.
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Ideal for architects, scholars, students, and anyone deeply interested in the cultural and theoretical aspects of modern architecture and urban development.

A well-illustrated volume of essays by prominent historians, scholars and practitioners in honour of Kenneth Frampton’s seminal contributions to architectural practice and its history.

A well-illustrated volume of essays by prominent historians, scholars and practitioners in honour of Kenneth Frampton's seminal contributions to architectural practice and its history.

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The evolution of modern architecture has been inextricably entangled in issues of politics, nationalism, and the environment, creating a tension between local context and global development that is unresolved to this day. In this context, few writers have exerted as much influence on architectural theory and practice as Kenneth Frampton.

In this illustrated volume, twenty-nine contributors from around the world amplify and pay tribute to his writing and thought. Intended for all those concerned with the built environment, this book offers further evidence of how this scholar, humanist, and teacher has shaped our understanding of the working reality of the architect.

The premise of Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld is rooted in Frampton's understanding of how architecture must engage with both cultural and constructional imperatives; and it addresses strategies for grappling with contemporary concerns such as regional identity amidst urban globalization, and tectonic culture and landform in the construction of place.

Supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

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A wide-ranging work of superior scholarship, this ambitious volume offers perceptive, standalone essays marked by mature critical intelligence. It is regarded as one of the most important contemporary works on modern architecture.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500343630

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 35 Illustrations, black and white; 146 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Karla Cavarra Britton
Edited by Robert McCarter

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1160g

Pages: 352

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Karla Cavarra Britton is Professor of Art History at Diné College on the Navajo Nation, and has written extensively about modern and contemporary sacred architecture.

Robert McCarter is an architect, author of twenty-two books, and the Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University, St. Louis.