Architectural theory. Vol. 2, An anthology from 1871 to 2005 / edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Christina Contandriopoulos.

Title & Author:

Architectural theory. Vol. 2, An anthology from 1871 to 2005 / edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Christina Contandriopoulos.

Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2008.

Description:

xxx, 620 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-620).
Part I. Early modernism : The Arts and Crafts Movement in Great Britain -- Continental reforms -- Reforms in the United States -- Conceptual underpinning of German modernism: space, form, and realism -- Part II. The formation of the modern movement: 1894-1914 : The Wagner School and the German Werkbund -- Modernism elsewhere in Europe -- The Chicago School and the American West -- Part III. The 1920s : American modernism : 1918-32 -- Soviet constructivism -- De Stijl and purism -- German Expressionism and the Bauhaus -- European modernism: 1925-32 -- Part IV. The politics of modernism: 1930-45 : Totalitarianism in Europe -- American academic and architectural reforms -- Part V. High modernism in the postwar years : Postwar theory in the United States -- Postwar theory in Europe -- The rise and fall of CIAM -- Part VI. Critiques of modernism: 1959-69 : The death of the American city -- Retreats and utopianism -- Critiques of modernism -- Part VII. The prospect of a postmodern theory: 1969-79 : Rationalism and the IAUS -- Semiotics and phenomenology -- Alternative strategies and debates -- Part VIII. The 1980s : Poststructuralism and deconstruction -- Postmodernism and historicism -- Regionalism and traditionalism -- Part IX. Millennial tensions : Tectonics and geometry -- The end of theory? -- Beyond the new millennium.

Summary:

An anthology that surveys developments in architecture from the earliest times to the late 19th century, presenting a collection of classic essays in the field.

ISBN:

1405102594 (hbk.)
9781405102599 (hbk.)
1405102608 (pbk.)
9781405102605 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Philosophie.

Added entries:

Mallgrave, Harry Francis.
Contandriopoulos, Christina.

Anthology from 1871 to 2005

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 258902
Call No.: NA2500 .A716 2008
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available

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