Work
Bauen in Frankreich, Bauen in Eisen, Bauen in Eisenbeton
Explore in the Atlas →Argued, with Moholy-Nagy-style photomontages, that the anonymous nineteenth-century engineering tradition (Labrouste, Eiffel, Hennebique) in iron, glass and reinforced concrete was the true ancestor of modern architecture.
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Details
- Type
- Text
- Location
- Leipzig
Referenced by
- Sigfried Giedion authored
Sources
- Giedion. Bauen in Frankreich. 1928.
- Giedion, Sigfried. Bauen in Frankreich, Bauen in Eisen, Bauen in Eisenbeton. Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1928.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Bauen in Frankreich, Bauen in Eisen, Bauen in Eisenbeton." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-bauen-in-frankreich/. Accessed July 17, 2026.