Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673–1968 - Hardcover

Mallgrave, Harry Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521793068 ISBN 13: 9780521793063

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Harry Mallgrave's comprehensive survey of architectural theory, primarily in Europe and the United States, contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere over three centuries of development. He explores the philosophical and conceptual evolution of its ideas, the relation of theory to the practice of building, and, most importantly, the words of the architects themselves as they contentiously shaped their particular niche of Western civilization over time.

About this title

Book Description:

Modern Architectural Theory is the first book to provide a comprehensive survey of architectural theorem, primarily in Europe and the United States, during three centuries of development. In this synthetic overview, Harry Mallgrave contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere. He explores the philosophical and conceptual evolution of its ideas, the relation of theory to the practice of building, and most importantly, the words of the architects themselves as they contentiously shaped their particular niche of Western civilization.

About the Author:

Harry Mallgrave is Associate Professor of History and Theory at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. His 1996 book Gottfried Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century was awarded the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award by the Society of Architectural Historians.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521793068
• ISBN 13: 9780521793063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 522