Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673-1968

by Harry Francis Mallgrave

Book Overview

Harry Mallgrave's comprehensive survey of architectural theory, primarily in Europe and the United States, contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere over three centuries of development. He explores the philosophical and conceptual evolution of its ideas, the relation of theory to the practice of building, and, most importantly, the words of the architects themselves as they contentiously shaped their particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521130484
• ISBN13: 9780521130486
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.9"