Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science

by Alberto Pérez-Gómez

Between the late Renaissance and the early nineteenth century, the ancient arts of architecture were being profoundly transformed by the scientific revolution. This important book, which won the 1984 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, traces the process by which the mystical and numerological grounds for the use of number and geometry in building gave way to the more functional and technical ones that prevail in architectural theory and practice today. Throughout, it relates the major architectural treatises of successive generations to the larger culture and the writings of philosophers, mathematicians, scientists, and engineers.Alberto PÃrez-Gómez is Director of the School of Architecture at Carleton University in Ottowa.

Genres: Architecture, History

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Joseph M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good scholarship, could also be titled "Modern science and the crisis of architecture"
Will drop some quotes later. It introduced me to a lot of authors and interesting history I didn't know about. Great piece of writing.

[John Trefry · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very readable history, but not making much of an argument like a Robin Evans text might be seen to.

[Geoffrey Baddams · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic exploration of the influence of science and technology on architecture circa 1500-1850 and the resulting loss of symbolisation.

[mahatmanto · Rating 4 out of 5]

di sini ada uraian gemilang mengenai relasi geometri, sains modern dan arsitektur. bagaimana geometri sudah dibelokkan oleh modernitas [sudilah melihat juga tulisan huserl tentang 'origin of geometry', yang merangsang derrida untuk menulis buku 'introduction'nya].

buku ini lama saya cari-cari, dan baca hanya fotokopinya doang. untunglah beberapa minggu lalu dapet yang 'used'. lumayanlah...