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Architecture as Material Culture

Architecture as Material Culture
A place acquires meaning through human intervention and transformation. Raised to the level of architecture these transformations interpret and represent society s values and aspirations. FJMT has a reputation as an ideas-driven practice with an agenda for strong public engagement and resolution of tectonics.

 Form Material Assembly documents this ability to uncover the real and often contradictory issues and potentials of a project through a very careful analysis of purpose and place.





 About the Author

Kenneth Frampton is Ware professor of Architecture. He has earned Dipl. Arch., Dipl. Trop., Architectural Association (London) in 1956; A.R.I.B.A., 1957; and an Honorary Doctorate in Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, 1995. He is recipient of Medaille d Or, Academie d Architecture Paris and ACSA Topaz Medal for excellence in architectural education, 1990. He is also Associate of the A.I.A., 1993, and a member of the Russian Academy of the Constructional Science, 1995. He teaches the course "Comparative Critical Analysis of Built Form", and is author of Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Thames & Hudson, 2000).

Richard Francis-Jones is fjmt s design director and is responsible for the design of some of Australia s most acclaimed buildings. Recent fjmt projects designed by Richard have received Australia s highest architectural awards including the Sir Zelman Cowan, Sulman, Lloyd Rees and Greenway Awards.

Product Details

Hardcover: 220 pages
Publisher: ORO editions (November 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1935935143
ISBN-13: 978-1935935148