Can architectural art-form be designed out of construction?

by Markus Breitschmid

Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin: a sketch of various investigations on the nature of "Tectonic" in nineteenth-century architectural theory. The essay sketches the shifting understanding of the tectonic in the architectural theories of Carl Boetticher, Gottfried Semper, and Heinrich Woelfflin. The essay argues that the axiomatic definition of the tectonic as "Poetics of Construction", as it has been advocated in recent decades,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970282087
• ISBN13: 9780970282088
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"