Preface

Introduction
Sokratis Georgiadis

Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete
Sigfried Giedion

INTRODUCTION
Construction
Industry
Architecture?
Constructor and Architect
Constructors
The Nineteenth Century
The Nineteenth Century in France

IRON
1800 -1850: First Attempts
First Formation
1850 -1890: Experimental Architecture
Exhibitions
Exhibitions of World Commerce
Further Development

FERROCONCRETE
National Constants
1900 -1920: A. G. Perret
Tony Garnier
Exhibitions
1920 -1927: Le Corbusier and the Younger
Generation
The Current Status of Ferroconcrete

Appendix

Illustration Credits

Index