Kenneth Frampton, Author Thames & Hudson $14.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-500-20341-5
A huge influence on big Hamptons builder Charles Gwathmey, not to mention on many others, was Swiss genius Charles douard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier (1887-1965). Columbia University architectural historian Kenneth Frampton, ...
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Kenneth Frampton. Thames and Hudson, $65 (320p) ISBN 978-0-500-34283-1
This thorough and illuminating overview of preeminent Japanese architect Kuma demonstrates the importance of his technique and methodology on an international scale. His work is defined by its elegant use of natural materials, whether in expansive...
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Kenneth Frampton, Text by (Art/Photo Books), Roberto Schezen, Photographer, Kenneth Frampton, Author . Abrams $65 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8109-3494-8
Le Corbusier was a challenging figure, intent on using his "five points of a new architecture" to change the "new man's" living and working spaces in order to bring them in line with the technology, aesthetics, and politics of...
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Frampton, Author, Hiromi Fujii, Author, Kenneth Frampton, Author Rizzoli International Publications $27.5 (127p) ISBN 978-0-8478-0818-2
Tokyo architect Fujii is often compared with Peter Eisenman since both view architecture as capable of being read for ""meaning.'' But while Eisenman is influenced by structuralism and deconstruction, Fujii finds inspiration in existentialism and...
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