Movement
High-Tech Architecture
Explore in the Atlas →A movement emerging in the 1970s that celebrated industrial technology, exposed structure and servicing as architectural expression; defined by Rogers and Piano's inside-out Centre Pompidou (1977) and the work of Norman Foster.
Production Fantasy
Details
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawingDigital model
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Centre Pompidou exemplifies
- Archigram influenced
Sources
- Colin Davies. High Tech Architecture. Thames & Hudson, 1988.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "High-Tech Architecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/high-tech/. Accessed July 17, 2026.