{"product_id":"a-language-of-contemporary-architecture-9781032245386","title":"A Language of Contemporary Architecture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a way to understand the contemporary project in architecture, this book provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that string into a methodology for evaluating the contemporary language of architecture described as contemporism through a review of topology (form) and typology (system and elements).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contemporary project has been trying to answer the postmodern question of how to move beyond modernism through a thread of architectural styles that tried to respond to deficiencies from the modern promise and contextual changes. Yet, the question remains, should this ongoing struggle to move beyond modernism be a stylistic battle? Has the present architectural practice ever left the modernist tendencies, and is there a structure for a contemporary language in architecture? This book presents a collection of highly illustrated projects that have worked under these parameters to break away from modernism in order to present a holistic integration of topol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROLOGUE\u003c\/strong\u003e Toyo Ito \u003cb\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eby PRAUD with guest essay by Anthony Vidler \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDEX Part 1 \u003c\/b\u003eTopology \u003cb\u003eINDEX Part 2 \u003c\/b\u003eTypology \u003cb\u003eTO\/TY as METHODOLOGY \u003c\/b\u003eConcluding analysis and speculations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406662869335,"sku":"9781032245386","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032245386.jpg?v=1730496686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-language-of-contemporary-architecture-9781032245386","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}