High-Tech Architecture

ハイテック建築 / 1970s– / Style / Modern Architecture

Turns the building inside out — ducts, structure, elevators and joints exposed — presenting it as a great machine.

Exposed services / External structure / Metal and glass / Modules

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type: Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition: Extract the one structure that governs space and gaze
Material: Verify materials specific to region, period and process
Caution: Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of region, politics, technology and makers.
Further study: Richard Rogers / Norman Foster / Renzo Piano