| Description |
1 online resource (lxii, 364 pages, [104] pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Contents -- plates following pages -- illustrations -- foreword -- introduction -- preface to the first edition -- part one: the discovery of a new material -- i. beton -- ii. concrete -- iii. reinforcement -- iv. exploitation and development -- part two: the search for a new architecture -- v. the nineteenth century -- vi. the twentieth century -- part three: the contribution of august perret -- vii. the student -- viii. the apprentice -- ix. the theorist -- x. the constructor -- xi. the master -- notes -- previously unpublished essays |
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THE CLASSICISM OF AUGUSTE PERRETTHE NEW BRUTALISM OF THE 1920s -- PERRET'S ARTICULATION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
From the Foreword by Kenneth Frampton: "Concrete remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its due. It is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up to 1914. It records and analyses the densely articulated, if provincial, English debate with respect to the aesthetic challenge posed by the increasing popularity of concrete from around 1870 onwards. Finally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on Auguste Perret in English. In this regard it is particularly valuable as a thorough and perceptive assessment of Perret's life and career, one that still stands as a point of departure for all current attempts to situate this seminal architect within the wider trajectory of twentieth-century culture." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Perret, Auguste, 1874-1954.
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| SUBJECT |
Perret, Auguste, 1874-1954 fast |
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Perret, Auguste, 1874-1954. rasuqam |
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Concrete construction -- History
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Architecture, Modern.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Methods & Materials.
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Architecture, Modern
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Concrete construction
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Gewapend beton.
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Bouwkunst.
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Construction en béton.
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Architecture.
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Béton.
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19e siècle.
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20e siècle.
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Histoire.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773571198 |
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0773571191 |
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1282861247 |
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9781282861244 |
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9786612861246 |
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661286124X |
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