Terminal architecture / Martin Pawley.

Main entry:

Pawley, Martin.

Title & Author:

Terminal architecture / Martin Pawley.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 1998.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm

Series:

Essays in art and culture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Terminal 2098 -- From Cold War to new reality -- London's unlucky towers -- The skyscraper goes East -- Over the top with art history -- From Modernism to Postmodernism -- From Postmodernism to terrorism -- The urbanization of the sand-heap.
Also issued online.

Summary:

In this polemical work, journalist Martin Pawley argues that the British obsession with the architectural past is a cultural dead end with no relevance to the technological age. He describes a vision of architecture for the next century.

ISBN:

1861890184
9781861890184

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Flughafen
Architekturkritik
Architekturtheorie
Architectuurtheorieën.
Architecture.
Architecture 20e siècle Philosophie.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

Essays in art and culture (London, England)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203849
Call No.: NA680.P31 1998
Status: Available

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