Writing Architecture: Fantomas Fragments Fictions - An Architectural Journey Through the 20th Century

by Roger Connah

In this tantalizing work, Roger Connah explores the peculiar odyssey of twentieth-century architecture through the buildings and writings of Finlands iconoclastic architect, Reima Pietila. Among architects, Pietila is a cult figure, a respected but often misunderstood outsider and "arctic shaman," only recently granted the international acclaim and appreciation that are his due. Pietila's complex, geomorphic structures have been compared to the work...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262031647
• ISBN13: 9780262031646
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 6.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 10.3" x 11.3"