During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic schools that concentrated on the practicalities of engineering and construction rather than the niceties of stylistic correctness or adherence to established precedent.


Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume II: From Le Corbusier to Rem Koolhaas (ed. New York Review of Books, 2013) - ISBN: 9781590177013

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During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment...

During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment...

During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment...

During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment...