Nicholas Ray (UK University of Liverpool)

Thinking Through Twentieth-Century Architecture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is relevant to current issues of contemporary practice and education, showing that philosophical issues are fundamental, and those relating to design decisions never go away. It includes 200 illustrations and will appeal to all those interested in twentieth century architecture and architectural students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 247mm x 176mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9781032156125
• ISBN-10: 1032156120
• Artikelnr.: 64654653

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Ray, currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, practised and taught at Cambridge for more than 40 years, where he is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College. Previous publications include monographs on Alvar Aalto and Rafael Moneo and co-authored books and articles with Christian Illies, a German philosopher.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A philosophical framework 2. Origins of Modernism - the
European picture 3. Fin de siècle Vienna as a paradigm of Modernism 4. The
Modernist Canon: the Bauhaus, Le Corbusier and CIAM 5. Positive Scepticism:
Alvar Aalto as an alternative modernist 6. Ideals and their representation:
Louis Kahn 7. Humanizing Modernism: Team Ten and the Dutch 8.
Postmodernism: Irony and Inclusiveness 9. The typological critique 10.
Conflicting existential ideals 11. Conclusions - 21st century hindsight
Acknowledgements Select bibliography Index