Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition, Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

"This new edition ensures that the book will continue to be internationally acknowledged as the standard work on the development of modern architecture." -Walter Gropius "A remarkable accomplishment. . . one of the most valuable reference books for students and professionals concerned with the reshaping of our environment. " -José Luis Sert A milestone in modern thought, Space, Time and Architecture has been reissued many times since its first publication in 1941 and translated into half a dozen languages. In this revised edition of Sigfried Giedion’s classic work, major sections have been added and there are 81 new illustrations. The chapters on leading contemporary architects have been greatly expanded. There is new material on the later development of Frank Lloyd Wright and the more recent buildings of Walter Gropius, particularly his American Embassy in Athens. In his discussion of Le Corbusier, Mr. Giedion provides detailed analyses of the Carpenter Center at Harvard University, Le Corbusier’s only building in the United States, and his Priory of La Tourette near Lyons. There is a section on his relations with his clients and an assessment of his influence on contemporary architecture, including a description of the Le Corbusier Center in Zurich (designed just before his death), which houses his works of art. The chapters on Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto have been brought up to date with examples of their buildings in the sixties. There is an entirely new chapter on the Danish architect Jørn Utzon, whose work, as exemplified in his design for the Sydney Opera House, Mr. Giedion considers representative of post–World War II architectural concepts. A new essay, “Changing Notions of the City,” traces the evolution of the structure of the city throughout history and examines current attempts to deal with urban growth, as shown in the work of such architects as José Luis Sert, Kenzo Tange, and Fumihiko Maki. Mr. Sert’s Peabody Terrace is discussed as an example of the interlocking of the collective and individual spheres. Finally, the conclusion has been enlarged to include a survey of the limits of the organic in architecture.

A milestone in modern thought, Space, Time and Architecture has been reissued many times since its first publication in 1941 and translated into half a dozen languages. In this revised edition of Mr. Giedion's classic work, major sections have been added and there are 81 new illustrations.

The chapters on leading contemporary architects have been greatly expanded. There is new material on the later development of Frank Lloyd Wright and the more recent buildings of Walter Gropius, particularly his American Embassy in Athens. In his discussion of Le Corbusier, Mr. Giedion provides detailed analyses of the Carpenter Center at Harvard University, Le Corbusier's only building in the United States, and his Priory of La Tourette near Lyons. There is a section on his relations with his clients and an assessment of his influence on contemporary architecture, including a description of the Le Corbusier Center in Zurich (designed just before his death], which houses his works of art. The chapters on Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto have been brought up to date with examples of their buildings in the sixties. There is an entirely new chapter on the Danish architect Jorn Utzon, whose work, as exemplified in his design for the Sydney Opera House, Mr. Giedion considers representative of post-World War II architectural concepts.

A new essay, "Changing Notions of the City," traces the evolution of the structure of the city throughout history and examines current attempts to deal with urban growth, as shown in the work of such architects as José Luis Sert, Kenzo Tange, and Fumihiko Maki. Mr. Sert's Peabody Terrace is discussed as an example of the interlocking of the collective and individual spheres. Finally, the conclusion has been enlarged to include a survey of the limits of the organic in architecture.

History A Part Of Life -- New Space Conception : Perspective And Urbanism -- Perspective And The Constituent Elements Of The City -- Leonardo Da Vinci And The Dawn Of Regional Planning -- Sixtus V And The Planning Of Baroque Rome -- The Late Baroque -- The Undulating Wall And The Flexible Ground Plan -- The Organization Of Outer Space -- Iron -- From The Iron Column To The Steel Frame -- The Schism Between Architecture And Technology -- Henri Labrouste, Aachitect-constructor -- The Great Exhibitions -- The Nineties : Precursors Of Contemporary Architecture -- Ferroconcrete And Its Influence Upon Architecture -- Balloon Frame And Industrialization -- Plane Surfaces In American Architecture -- The Chicago School -- Toward Pure Forms -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Space-time -- Cubism -- Futurism -- Painting Today -- Construction And Aesthetics : Slab And Plane -- Walter Gropius -- Le Corbusier -- Mies Van Der Rohe -- Alvar Aalto -- Jørn Utzon The International Congresses For Modern Architecture (ciam) And The Formation Of Contemporary Architecture -- City Planning In The Nineteenth Century (the Dominance Of Greenery : The London Squares ; The Garden Squares Of Bloomsbury ; Large-scale Housing Development : Regent's Park ; The Street Becomes Dominant : The Transformation Of Paris) -- City Planning As A Human Problem : Amsterdam And The Rebirth Of Town Planning -- Space-time In City Planning : Destruction Or Transformation? -- The New Scale In City Planning -- Changing Notions Of The City. Sigfried Giedion. Includes Bibliographical Footnotes And Index. lvi, 897 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references Introduction: Architecture of the 1960's: hopes and fears -- History a part of life -- Our architectural inheritance -- The evolution of new potentialities -- The demand for morality in architecture -- American development -- Space-time in art, architecture, and construction -- City planning in the nineteenth century -- City planning as a human problem -- Space-time in city planning -- In conclusion A classic first published in 1941, this is an unparalleled work on the shaping of our architectural environment. In his discussions of leading architects and styles, Giedion examines the evolving of new traditions; the strengthening of its plastic tendencies and conditions for further evolution; the urban renewal boom of the fifties; and the development of regionalism by creatively oriented architects "A classic first published in 1941, translated into half a dozen languages, and now in a fifth edition, Space, Time and Architecture is an unparalleled work on the shaping of our architectural environment. The discussions of leading. architects - Wright, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Aalto, Utzon, Sert, Tange, and Maki - are accompanied by over 500 illustrations."--Cover