This example of 20th-century architectural literature presents Siegfried Giedion's vision of architecture in the industrial era and his response to technological advances in the production of key building materials. The author shows how iron and reinforced concrete allowed the construction of buildings of unprecedented size and openness in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Focusing on the radical possibilities of skeletal support structures, he celebrates uses of these materials in buildings from the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace to glass-canopied railroad stations, department stores, and exhibition halls.
- ISBN10 0892363193
- ISBN13 9780892363193
- Publish Date 1 November 1995
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 22 July 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Getty Trust Publications
- Imprint Getty Research Institute,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 248
- Language English