Techno Architecture (4x4 series)

Techno Architecture examines the recent practice in architecture that has its roots in the early twentieth-century technological preoccupation with "machines for living." Elizabeth Smith suggests the ways in which four very different American practices use technology to bring structural expression to new heights, in some cases to invoke an almost nostalgic image of the machine (in contrast to today's slick digital imagery). Jones, Partners: Architecture (Los Angeles), RoTo (Los Angeles), TEN Arquitectos (Mexico City), and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson (New York) each approach the question of the machine and the application of technology with radically varying sensibilities. 320 illustrations, 108 in color.4 X 4: a new series on contemporary international architecture.Each title includes:* 4 concise architect profiles - 16 influential projects- reference section

Stiff paper wrap cover. Excellent, as new condition. Giftable.

pub date: Dec-00 publisher: Thames & Hudson format: Paperback ISBN: 500282323 sku: 3539 $19.95 (Qty avail: 1)