Sweet Geometry: Edward Reynolds at the Architectural Association, 1956–58. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Sweet Geometry: Edward Reynolds at the Architectural Association, 1956–58. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Sweet Geometry: Edward Reynolds at the Architectural Association, 1956–58
- Authors:
- Franklin, Geraint
- Abstract:
- Abstract: This article considers the position of the Anglo-Portuguese architect Edward Reynolds (1926–59) in the British avant-garde of the 1950s. In Modern Architecture: A Critical History (1980), Kenneth Frampton suggested that Reynolds's student projects at the Architectural Association in London 'exerted a decisive influence on the development of Brutalism'. This article scrutinises that claim through the lens of Reynolds's interactions with his peers, including the so-called French House group, an informal network that included his tutors John Killick, James Gowan and Peter Smithson. Notable characteristics of Reynolds's work — chiefly the use of complex and irregular geometries to articulate patterns of activity and movement — are discussed, as are contemporary projects by other members of the group and trends such as the New Brutalism, biomimicry and the revival of pre-war strands of Modernism.
- Is Part Of:
- Architectural history. Volume 62(2019)
- Journal:
- Architectural history
- Issue:
- Volume 62(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 62, Issue 2019 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 2019
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0062-2019-0000
- Page Start:
- 171
- Page End:
- 203
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Subjects:
- Architecture -- History -- Periodicals
Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- Periodicals
Architecture -- Historiography -- Periodicals
Historic buildings -- Periodicals
Architecture -- Periodicals
Electronic journals
Periodicals
720.9 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/architectural-history/all-issues ↗
http://www.jstor.org/journal/archhist ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/arh.2019.7 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0066-622X
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- Legaldeposit
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