A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture: 1960-2010

A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture: 1960-2010
ISBN-10
1351962590
ISBN-13
9781351962599
Category
Architecture
Pages
536
Language
English
Published
2016-12-05
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Elie G. Haddad, David Rifkind

Description

1960, following as it did the last CIAM meeting, signalled a turning point for the Modern Movement. From then on, architecture was influenced by seminal texts by Aldo Rossi and Robert Venturi, and gave rise to the first revisionary movement following Modernism. Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of the developments in architecture from 1960 to 2010. It consists of two parts: the first section providing a presentation of major movements in architecture after 1960, and the second, a geographic survey that covers a wide range of territories around the world. This book not only reflects the different perspectives of its various authors, but also charts a middle course between the 'aesthetic' histories that examine architecture solely in terms of its formal aspects, and the more 'ideological' histories that subject it to a critique that often skirts the discussion of its formal aspects.

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