First published in 1948, Mechanization Takes Command is an examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. A monumental figure in the field of architectural history, Sigfried Giedion traces the evolution and resulting philosophical implications of such disparate innovations as the slaughterhouse, the Yale lock, the assembly line, tractors, ovens, and "comfort" as defined by advancements in furniture design. A groundbreaking text when originally published, Giedion's pioneering work remains an important contribution to architecture, philosophy, and technology...
First published in 1948, Mechanization Takes Command is an examination of mechanization and its effects on everyday life. A monumental f...
Sigfried Giedion was the journalistic pioneer, critic, and chronicler of the most significant new buildings in Europe during the 1920s. He sought hidden syntheses in the world of diverse, often-contradictory tendencies that heralded a new tradition and wrote the developmental history of modern architecture. The new edition includes an afterword by architecture critic Reto Geiser.
Sigfried Giedion was the journalistic pioneer, critic, and chronicler of the most significant new buildings in Europe during the 1920s. He sought h...
