Modern Architecture: A Critical History / Edition 4

by Kenneth Frampton

Overview

"One of the most important works on modern architecture we have today."—Architectural Design

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500203958
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	09/30/2007
Series:	World of Art
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Kenneth Frampton was the Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, where he taught from 1972 until 2020. In 2018 he was awarded the Golden Lion of of the Venice Biennale. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Editorial Reviews

"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

"A magisterial work that maintains its relevance decades after its first edition."

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