Concrete : the vision of a new architecture / Peter Collins ; foreword by Kenneth Frampton ; introduction by Réjean Legault.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents -- plates following pages -- illustrations -- foreword -- introduction -- preface to the first edition -- part one: the discovery of a new material -- i. beton -- ii. concrete -- iii. reinforcement -- iv. exploitation and development -- part two: the search for a new architecture -- v. the nineteenth century -- vi. the twentieth century -- part three: the contribution of august perret -- vii. the student -- viii. the apprentice -- ix. the theorist -- x. the constructor -- xi. the master -- notes -- previously unpublished essays

THE CLASSICISM OF AUGUSTE PERRETTHE NEW BRUTALISM OF THE 1920s -- PERRET'S ARTICULATION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

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