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9780521586450

Ontology of Construction: On Nihilism of Technology and Theories of Modern Architecture

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    9780521586450

  • ISBN10:

    0521586453

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-03-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Ontology of Construction explores theories of construction in modern architecture, with a particular focus on the relationship between nihilism of technology and architecture. Providing an historical context to the concept of making, the essays collected in this volume articulate the implications of technology in works by such architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, and Mies van der Rohe. Also provided is an interpretation of Gottfried Semper's discourse on the Tectonic and the relationship between architecture and other crafts. Emphasising 'fabrication' as a critical theme for contemporary architectural theory and practice, Ontology of Construction is a provocative contribution to the current debate in these areas.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword xi
Kenneth Frampton
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1(4)
Montage: Recoding the Tectonic
5(24)
Architecture and the Question of Technology: Two Positions and the ``Other''
29(14)
Adolf Loos: The Awakening Moments of Tradition in Modern Architecture
43(13)
Metier: Frank Lloyd Wright's Tradition of Dwelling
56(12)
Mies van der Rohe: The Genealogy of Column and Wall
68(13)
Construction of the Not Yet Construed
81(10)
Notes 91(20)
Index 111

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