The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account

Kenneth Frampton

Plate 1 Le Corbusier,

Lucio Costa and Oscar

Niemeyer, Ministry of

Educa t ion , Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil. 1939.

Plate 2 Foster Associates , Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China. 1986.

Plate 3 Renzo Piano,

San Nicola Stadium, Bari, Italy. 1987-90.

General view.

Plate 4 Le Corbusier, Unit6 d' Habitation, Marseille, France. 1952.

Plate5 Alvaro Siza, Malagueira Housing, Evora, Portugal, 1960- 90. General view.

Plate 6 Thomas Herzog, Halle 26, Hanover Trade Fair, Germany. 1996.

Plate 7 Glen Murcutt,

Marika-Alderton House, Arnhem Land, Northern

Territory, Australia.

1991-94

Plate 8 Tadao Ando,

Rokko Housing, Phase 1,

Kobe, Japan, 1978-83. View.

Plate 9 Renzo Piano, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noum6a,

New Caledonia, 1993. View from the sea.

The Evolution of 20th Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account

Kenneth Frampton

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C ontents

Introduction .......................................................................................... 6

Part 1: Avant-Garde and Continuity 1887-1986 ..................................... 9

Par t 2: The Vicissitudes of the Organic 1910-1998 ............................ 49

Par t 3" Universal Civilization and National Cultures 1935-1998 ......... 85

Par t 4: Production, Place and Reality 1927-1990 ............................. 123

B i b l i o g r a p h y ..................................................................................... 147

A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t .......................................................................... 149

I ndex ................................................................................................... 150