Title & Author:

A critical history of contemporary architecture : 1960-2010 / edited by Elie G. Haddad and David Rifkind.

Publication:

Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2014]

Description:

xxvii, 501 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Modernism and beyond : the plurality of contemporary architectures / Elie G. Haddad and David Rifkind -- Part I. Major developments after modernism : Modern (or contemporary) architecture circa 1959 / Peter L. Laurence -- Post-modernism : critique and reaction / David Rifkind -- High-tech : modernism redux / Sarah Deyong -- Deconstruction : the project of radical self-criticism / Elie G. Haddad -- Greening architecture : the impact of sustainability / Phillip Tabb -- Postcolonial theories in architecture / Esra Akcan -- Part II. Architectural developments around the world : Architecture in North America since 1960 / Brandan Moran -- Architectural developments in Latin America : 1960-2010 / Zeuler R.M. de A. Lima -- The place of commonplace : the ordinary as alternative architectural lens in Western Europe / Tom Avermaete -- Dutch modern architecture : from an architecture of consensus to the culture of congestion / Frances Hsu -- Metaphorical peripheries : architecture in Spain and Portugal / Xavier Costa -- Architecture in Switzerland : a natural history / Laurent Stalder -- Architecture in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since 1960 / Kimberly Elman Zarecor -- Finland : architecture and cultural identity / Taisto H. Mäkelä -- Architecture in Africa : situated modern and the production of locality / Iain Low -- Global conflict and global glitter : architecture of West Asia (1960-2010) / Esra Akcan -- Old sites, new frontiers : modern and contemporary architecture in Iran / Pamela Karimi -- Beyond tropical regionalism : the architecture of Southeast Asia / Kelly Shannon -- Internationalism and architecture in India after Nehru / Amit Srivastava and Peter Scriver -- Architecture in China in the reform era : 1978-2010 / Tao Zhu -- Architecture in post-World War II Japan / Ken Tadashi Oshima -- Edge of centre : architecture in Australia and New Zealand after 1965 / Philip Goad.
Text in English.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781472429377 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1472429370 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781409439813 (pbk.)
140943981X (pbk.)
(ebook)
9781472429384
(epub)
9781472429391
1472429389
1472429397

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur
Arkitektur historia.

Added entries:

Haddad, Elie, editor.
Rifkind, David, 1968- editor.
Laurence, Peter L., 1936- Modern (or Contemporary) architecture circa 1959.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286682
Call No.: BIB 227108
Status: Available