Schrijver, Lara.

Radical games : popping the bubble of 1960s' architecture / Lara Schrijver.

Rotterdam : NAi Publishers ; New York, NY : Available in North, South and Central America through D.A.P., ©2009.

248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

"Comparing a number of radical movements in architecture in the 1960's, this book traces a moment in the history of architecture when revolutionary ideals were paramount and dreams became drawings. The ensuing disillusionment as well as a contemporary revival of this period are enclosed within their very premises. This book explores three radical critiques of modernist architecture throughout the work of the Situationist International, Venturi and Scott Brown and Archigram. Situated on the cusp of a new time, of postmodernity and global capitalism, these critical reactions to their forebears demonstrate a perceptively critical understanding of modernism and a prescience towards contemporary conditions. At the same time, however, their dreams were so entwined with the modern project that they have created an untenable position for the contemporary architecture debate."--Jacket

9789056626785 (paperback)
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Modern movement (Architecture)
Nineteen sixties.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture)
Années soixante (Vingtième siècle)

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 268452
Cote: BIB 200285
Statut: Disponible