Concrete : the vision of a new architecture / Peter Collins ; foreword by Kenneth Frampton ; introduction by Rejean Legault.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Peter, 1920-1981.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perret, Auguste, 1874-1954.

Perret, Auguste.

Concrete construction--History.

Concrete construction.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.

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."

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Introduction

Preface to the First Edition

The Discovery of a New Material

Beton

Concrete

Reinforcement

Exploitation and Development

The Search For A New Architecture

The Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth Century

The Contribution of Auguste Ferret

The Student

The Apprentice

The Theorist

The Constructor

The Master

Notes

Three Unpublished Essays by Collins

The Classicism of Auguste Ferret

The New Brutalism of the 1920s

Perret’s Articulation of Reinforced Concrete Frames

Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: New York: Horizon; London: Faber, 1959.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86124-7

9786612861246

0-7735-7119-1

OCLC:

180704554