{"product_id":"the-story-of-postmodernism-9780470688953","title":"The Story of PostModernism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn   The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Power of the book lies not so much in the sharpness of the author s criticism of the present as in the generosity and perceptiveness of his anticipation of the future . Arichitectural Review, Nov 2011. 'Charles Jencks s summary of the post-modern architectural movement promises clarity and straightforwardness. There is a little of each but not too much . Country Living, Nov 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Preface Post-Modernism Resurgent?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Back Story\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Debts Acknowledged\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd Especially Madelon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Part I The Perfect Storm of Post-Modernism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Moral Failures of Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Recurrent Deaths of Modernism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triumph of Nothingness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevisionists and Le Corbusier Lead the Revolt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplexity and Double-Coding – the First Post-Modern Synthesis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shape of History – Big, Medium and Small Waves\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e50 Part II Searching for Difference, Finding Commonality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Pluralism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadical Eclecticism, the First Response to Homogeneity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContextual Counterpoint\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Modern Classicism – the Ironic International Style\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedia Events and Money\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Diversion on Cost and Taste\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Stirling Synthesises Contextualism and Pluralism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Complexity Paradigm Extended\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernists Becoming Post-Modern\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime-Binding Opposites\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e114 Part III Towards a Critical Modernism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a City? A Complex Adaptive System\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeterotopias and the Heteropolis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpressively Green and Inexpensive\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRem Koolhaas, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito and the Porous Route Building\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Eisenman, the Landform and the Critical-Creative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e160 Part IV Complexity and Nature’s Ornament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Complexity Paradigm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFractal Architecture and the Metaphysics of Seamless Continuity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening Up the White Cube\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Degrees of Ornament\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e200 Part V The Coming of the Cosmic Icons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Iconic Building and its Discontents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bilbao Effect\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiple Meaning and Enigmatic Signifiers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorthy Icons?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParanoia, Veiled Themes and Cosmic Iconology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePremature Conclusion: the Iconology of Post-Modernism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e248 Notes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e260 A Post-Modern Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e266 Picture Credits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e268 Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402412106071,"sku":"9780470688953","price":29.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470688953.jpg?v=1730480321","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-story-of-postmodernism-9780470688953","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}