Theory and Design in the First Machine Age

First published in 1960, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age has become required reading in numerous courses on the history of modern architecture and is widely regarded as one of the definitive books on the modern movement. It has influenced a generation of students and critics interested in the formation of attitudes, themes, and forms which were characteristic of arti...

First published in 1960, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age has become required reading in numerous courses on the history of modern architecture and is widely regarded as one of the definitive books on the modern movement. It has influenced a generation of students and critics interested in the formation of attitudes, themes, and forms which were characteristic of artists and architects working primarily in Europe between 1900 and 1930 under the compulsion of new technological developments in the first machine age.

雷纳.班纳姆(ReynerBanham，19221988)是20世纪下半叶西方最重要的研究建筑、设计与流行文化的历史学家、理论家与评论家。1958年毕业于伦敦大学，获博士学位。曾任布法罗州立大学设计研究系主任、加州大学(圣克鲁兹)艺术史系教授、纽约大学美术学院建筑史教授。