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Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History

1948

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Extended Giedion's comparative-historical method to objects and processes (the bath, the lock, the slaughterhouse).

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Details

Type: Text
Location: Oxford / New York

Referenced by

Sigfried Giedion authored

Sources

Giedion. Mechanization Takes Command. Oxford University Press, 1948.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-mechanization-takes-command/. Accessed July 17, 2026.