Modern Architecture: A Critical History has shaped architectural discourse worldwide since 1980, and this extensively revised fifth edition by Kenneth Frampton brings that foundational survey into the early twenty-first century with new global scope and critical precision.
About This Book
First published in 1980, Kenneth Frampton's survey of modern architecture has long been the discipline's most authoritative single-volume history. For this fifth edition, Frampton substantially expands the text to address the modernist tradition as it has evolved across the globe into the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The new material is organised around distinct critical frameworks — topography, morphology, sustainability, materiality, habitat and civic form — through which contemporary architects are navigating the geographic, climatic and cultural contexts of their work. For students of architectural history and practising architects alike, it remains the essential critical reference.
Key Features
- 736 pages of critical architectural history and global survey
- Written by Kenneth Frampton
- Published by Thames & Hudson, 2020
What You'll Discover
- How the modernist tradition has diversified across different geographic and cultural contexts in the twenty-first century
- A critical framework built around topography, morphology, sustainability, materiality, habitat and civic form as distinct architectural approaches
- The ways in which architects respond to — and are shaped by — climatic, material and cultural conditions specific to their locations
- The intellectual lineage of architectural modernism from its origins through to contemporary global practice
About the Author
Kenneth Frampton is one of the most influential architectural historians and critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His writing has helped shape architectural practice and discourse worldwide across more than four decades.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 736
- Dimensions: 156 x 215mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780500204443
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
- Publication Date: 2020
Perfect For: Architecture students and academics seeking the definitive critical history of modernism, and practitioners wanting a rigorous global survey of contemporary architectural thought.