Architecture and the crisis of modern science / Alberto Pérez-Gómez.

Main entry:

Pérez Gómez, Alberto, 1949-

Title & Author:

Architecture and the crisis of modern science / Alberto Pérez-Gómez.

Publication:

Description:

x, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Revised translation of: Le génesis y superación del funcionalismo en arquitectura.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
Introduction : architecture and the crisis of modern science -- Claude Perrault and the instrumentalization of proportion -- Systems of proportion and natural science -- Geometrical operations as a source of meaning -- Symbolic geometry in French architecture in the late eighteenth century -- Perspective, gardening, and architectural education -- Fortification, mensuration, and stereotomy -- Statics and strength of materials -- Positivism, descriptive geometry, and scientific building -- Durand and functionalism.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP15.00 0.
Translation of: La génesis y superación del funcionalismo en arquitectura.
Dust jacket (c. 1).
Library c. 2: author's signed presentation copy to P. Lambert.

Resources:
ACLS Humanities E-Book
French equivalent / Équivalent français
Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required:

ISBN:

0262160919
9780262160919
9780262660556
0262660555

Subject:

Architecture Europe History 17th century.
Architecture Europe History 18th century.
Functionalism (Architecture) Europe.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Europe 18th century.
Architecture Europe 17e siècle.
Architecture Europe 18e siècle.
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) Europe.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.
Architecture.
Functionalism (Architecture)
Architektur
Architekturtheorie
Geometrie
Geschichte
Mathematik
Bouwkunst.
Functionalisme.
Filosofie.
Architecture, Modern Europe History.
Geschichte (1600-1800)
Geschichte (1650-1850)
Geschichte (1500-1900)
Architecture Europe 17th-18th centuries
Europe.
Architecture Theories, 1625-1850

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Presentation copies. Pérez Gómez, Alberto, 1949- Inscription.
Autographs. Pérez Gómez, Alberto, 1949-
Provenance. Lambert, Phyllis. Inscription.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 39081
Call No.: ID NA956.P413; ID:88-B9846
Status: Available

Location: Library main 39082
Call No.: ID PO1662 NA956.P413; ID:88-B9846
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit