{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-architectural-theory-9781405180634","title":"An Introduction to Architectural Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last forty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book will provide a unique complement to several annotated anthologies covering this material. . . Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through professionals\/practitioners; general readers.\" (Choice, 1 October 2011)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrelude: The 1960s 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology and Ecology 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Underpinnings of Modernism 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1968 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: 1970s 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Pars Destruens: 1968–1973 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVenturi and Scott Brown 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRossi and Tafuri 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Milan Triennale 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe IAUS and the New York Five 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Crisis of Meaning 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemiotics and Architecture 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive on Five 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGray and White 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariations on a Theme 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Early Postmodernism 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Language of Postmodernism 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsummation in Venice 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuropean Counterpoints 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Modernism Abides 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chicago High-Rise 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerman Engineering 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Renaissance 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Metabolism in Japan 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Special Case of Alexander 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: 1980s 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Postmodernism and Critical Regionalism 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostmodernism Further Defined 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostmodernism Opposed 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Regionalism and Phenomenology 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMérida and Venice 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Traditionalism and New Urbanism 108\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prince of Architecture 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Paternoster Controversy 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a New Urbanism 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Gilded Age of Theory 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoststructural Theory 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoststructural Architecture 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEisenman and Tschumi 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Deconstruction 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostmodernism Undefined 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGehry 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 68ers Come of Age 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“… a devious architecture …” 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: 1990s and Present 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Wake of the Storm 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragments of Fragments 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Derrida to Deleuze 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometry and Autonomy 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of the Figure: Manipulated Grounds 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForm without Rhetoric 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Pragmatism and Post-Criticality 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOMA 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Orange Revolution 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Criticality 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Minimalisms 194\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMateriality and Effects 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-modernism 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhenomenological Architecture 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Sustainability and Beyond 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Green Movement 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcDonough and Yeang 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Urbanism 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiophilic Design 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeuroaesthetics 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 266\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407911493975,"sku":"9781405180634","price":72.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405180634.jpg?v=1730500933","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-architectural-theory-9781405180634","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}