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Record Nr.

UNISA996213953203316

Titolo

Architectures [[electronic resource] ] : modernism and after / / edited by Andrew Ballantyne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-281-31124-3

9786611311247

0-470-70487-X

0-470-77422-3

0-470-77734-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

New interventions in art history ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

BallantyneAndrew

Disciplina

724.5

724/.5

Soggetti

Architecture, Modern - 19th century

Architecture, Modern - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: architectures in the plural / Andrew Ballantyne -- An avant-garde academy / Simon Sadler -- Aalto and the tutelary goddesses / Sarah Menin -- Becoming-skyscraper: Ayn Rand's architect / Gerard Loughlin -- Steps toward a sustainable architecture / Brenda and Robert Vale -- Gordon Matta-Clark's building dissections / Stephen Walker -- Territoriality and identity at RAF / Menwith Hill, David Wood -- Domestic space transformed, 1850-2000 / Elizabeth Cromley -- English townscape as cultural and symbolic capital / Andrew Law.

Sommario/riassunto

Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment. Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. Presents crucial ""moments"" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances.



Provides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialog