The Rationalists : Theory and Design in the Modern Movement

Sharp, Dennis

ISBN 10: 0851395570 / ISBN 13: 9780851395579

Published by Elsevier Science & Technology, 1978

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Title: The Rationalists : Theory and Design in the ...

Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Physical description; viii, 232 pages : illustrations, facsimile, maps, plans, portraits ; 31 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. sections, elevations, plans, maps and diagr. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction / Dennis Sharp -- Peter Behrens / P. Morton Shand -- Auguste Perret / Peter Collins -- Adolf Loos : ornament and crime / Reyner Banham -- Frank Lloyd Wright's peaceful penetration of Europe / Nikolaus Pevsner -- Walter Gropius / Herman George Scheffauer -- Mies van der Rohe / Peter Carter -- Le Corbusier: Twentieth-century living and twentieth-century building:if I had to teach you architecture / Le Corbusier -- Where do we stand? / Marcel Breuer -- Wells Coates 1893-1958 / J.M. Richards -- Berthold Lubetkin / R. Furneaux Jordan -- The Italian rationalists / Bruno Zevi -- Towards a rational aesthetic / J.M. Richards -- The rational and the functional / Geoffrey Broadbent -- Rationality in architecture and in the design process / Henryk Skolimowski -- Mannerism and modern architecture / Colin Rowe -- A master plan for London / Arthur Korn and Felix J. Samuely -- Irrational rationalism : the rats since 1960 / Charles Jencks. Subjects; Functionalism (Architecture). Architecture, Modern 20th century. 20th century architecture books. Irrational rationalism.