Principles of Architectural History

By Paul Frankl

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262560135
• ISBN13: 9780262560139
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

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Principles of Architectural History; The Four Phases of Arch

This book is every bit the equal of "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture." The parallels are quite amazing and extensive and "Principles of Architectural History" preceded "Complexity and Contradiction" by 50+ years. It should also be said that Le Corbusier's "Vers une Architecture," was probably the most important writing on the making of architecture since "Principles of Architectural History," placing these three books in the same arena. Perhaps Frankl was to Venturi what Wölfflin, was to Frankl.