The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... modernist experiment did not produce the didactic exemplars architects intended for the spiritual and esthetic guidance of people . Rather than being appreciated for their simplification of complexities or applauded for their valiant ...
... modernist experiment did not produce the didactic exemplars architects intended for the spiritual and esthetic guidance of people . Rather than being appreciated for their simplification of complexities or applauded for their valiant ...
Page 275
... modernism ' , which he opposes to the utopian modernism earlier in the century and sees as posthistoricist , is faulty . His definition of lyric modernism as “ a condition of mythological investigation through architectural form of the ...
... modernism ' , which he opposes to the utopian modernism earlier in the century and sees as posthistoricist , is faulty . His definition of lyric modernism as “ a condition of mythological investigation through architectural form of the ...
Page 318
... modernist ideas were to achieve wider currency in Great Britain and the British Empire . While there was broad agreement on the general thrust of modernism , individuals differed markedly in their detailed concerns , many of which they ...
... modernist ideas were to achieve wider currency in Great Britain and the British Empire . While there was broad agreement on the general thrust of modernism , individuals differed markedly in their detailed concerns , many of which they ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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