"Let us listen to the counsels of American engineers. But let us beware of American architects!" declared Le Corbusier, who like other European architects of his time believed that he saw in the work of American industrial builders a model of the way architecture should develop. It was a vision of an ideal world, a "concrete Atlantis" made up of daylight factories and grain elevators.In a book that suggests how good Modern was before it went wrong, Reyner Banham details the European discovery of this concrete Atlantis and examines a number of striking architectural instances where aspects of the International Style are anticipated by US industrial buildings.
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"A passionate love song to an unlikely object.... A marvelous book" Boston Globe
"A passionate love song to an unlikely object... A marvelous book." The Boston Globe
"Future generations are likely to owe to his efforts the survival of whichever of these great buildings do survive." The New York Times
" A Concrete Atlantis is to be recommended to historians and architects.. [and] to anyone who enjoys good architectural writing." The Times Literary Supplement
" A Concrete Atlantis is vintage Banham, meticulously researched, inquiring, quirky, and, as ever, beautifully written." New Society
"We must be deeply grateful to Mr. Banham... Future generations are likely to owe to his efforts the survival of whichever of these great buildings do survive." The New York Times
"A Concrete Atlantis is to be recommended to historians and architects... but it can also be recommended to anyone who enjoys good architectural writing." The Times Literary Supplement
"A Concrete Atlantis is vintage Banham meticulously researched, inquiring, quirky, and, as ever, beautifully written" New Society
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The wonders of industrial architecture,
By ViccyG (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Concrete Atlantis: U.S. Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture (Paperback)
Industrial architecture is not recognised as worthy of study with the consequence many fine buildings classified as industrial just disappear. This is despite their architectural worthiness, what they have contributed to the social fabric of a place and what they can contribute in conservation and reuse. Banham's book investigates industrial architecture in a very important period, economically, socially and primarily architecturally. Modernism, and where the ideas originated is a topic worthy of investigation and this book tackles the task. Thank you, dear Reyner Banham.
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