Theorist
Sigfried Giedion
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Details
- Nationality
- Swiss
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ObservationReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- authored Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition
- influenced Reyner Banham
- associated with Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
- founded Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
- authored Bauen in Frankreich, Bauen in Eisen, Bauen in Eisenbeton
- authored Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History
Referenced by
- Walter Gropius collaborated with
- Heinrich Wölfflin mentored
- Wilhelm Worringer influenced
Sources
- Sigfried Giedion. Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition. Harvard University Press, 1941.
- Sigfried Giedion. Mechanization Takes Command. Oxford University Press, 1948.
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 13 of 18
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Sigfried Giedion." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/sigfried-giedion/. Accessed September 1, 2026.