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OverviewReyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech reassesses one of the most influential voices in twentieth-century architectural history through a detailed examination of Banham’s writing on High Tech architecture and its immediate antecedents. Taking as a guide Banham’s habit of structuring his writings around dialectical tensions, Todd Gannon sheds new light on Banham’s early engagement with the New Brutalism of Alison and Peter Smithson, his measured enthusiasm for the “clip-on” approach developed by Cedric Price and the Archigram group, his advocacy of “well-tempered environments” fostered by integrated mechanical and electrical systems, and his late-career assessments of High Tech practitioners such as Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, and Renzo Piano. Gannon devotes significant attention to Banham’s late work, including fresh archival materials related to Making Architecture: The Paradoxes of High Tech, the manuscript he left unfinished at his death in 1988. For the first time, readers will have access to Banham’s previously unpublished draft introduction to that book. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Todd GannonPublisher: Getty Trust Publications Imprint: Getty Publications Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9781606065303ISBN 10: 1606065300 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 01 September 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAs such, Gannon's book is an encyclopedic recounting of the growth of England's architectural culture during Banham's purview. . . If one wishes to understand the gestation of this important movement in modern architecture, there are more revelations, more 'gotcha's, ' and more keen observations (with Gannon as guide) than one is likely to find in a decade-long subscription to Architectural Review. As a bonus, it's even fun to read! --Architect's Newspaper Author InformationTodd Gannon is an architect and writer based in Columbus. He is Head of the Architecture Section at The Ohio State University's Knowlton School. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |