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machine aesthetic: a standalone construct

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machineaesthetic1 CONSTRUCTMachine aestheticBANHAM · ARCHITECTURE

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the early modernist ideal of taking forms, finishes and values from machines, engineering and industrial production.

In architecture, machine aesthetic refers to the early modernist ideal of taking forms, finishes and values from machines, engineering and industrial production. This meaning comes from Banham (1960) in Theory and design in the first machine age.[1]

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  1. Banham, R. (1960). Theory and design in the first machine age. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262520584

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