Main entry:

Ghirardo, Diane.

Title & Author:

Architecture after modernism / Diane Ghirardo.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Series:

World of art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.
Ch. 1. Public Space. Disney takes command. The public spaces of malls and museums. Public space: an epilogue -- Ch. 2. Domestic Space. IBA (Internationale Bauausstellung), Berlin. Houses for the traditional family. Multi-family housing -- Ch. 3. Reconfiguring the Urban Sphere. Industrial wastelands. Urban interventions in Spain and France. The world of work -- Notes on Architects.

Summary:

Since the Modern Movement began to be challenged in the late 1960s, architecture has followed a number of widely divergent paths. In this thoughtful and eloquent book, Diane Ghirardo examines the architectural world of the last quarter-century and its theories in the crucial context of social and political issues. Within a survey of a broad range of buildings, she focuses on specific 'megaprojects' as paradigms for discussion. In the realm of public space, she argues, the key questions are raised by the Disney empire and its amusement parks; in domestic space, by the IBA in Berlin, with projects ranging from new structures to rehabilitation and residents' self-build. When it comes to reconfiguring the urban sphere, the megaproject is London's Docklands, the most ambitious and politically sensitive development in postwar Britain. Her text ranges world-wide, and she considers the work of lesser-known designers and women architects as well as famous international stars.

ISBN:

050020294X (paperback)
9780500202944 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Postmodern.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture postmoderne.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Postmodern.
Architecture, Modern
Bouwkunst.
Postmodernisme.
Sociale aspecten.

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

World of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 111976
Call No.: ID NA682.P67.G45; ID:96-B2048
Status: Available