Thinking through twentieth-century architecture / Nicholas Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Nicholas, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern movement (Architecture).

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Philosophy.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 297 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Other Title:

Thinking through 20th-century architecture

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Nicholas Ray, currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool, practised and taught at Cambridge for more than40 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 withChristian Illies, aGerman philosopher.

Contents:

A philosophical framework

Origins of Modernism

the European picture

Fin de siècle Vienna as a paradigm of Modernism

The Modernist Canon: the Bauhaus, Le Corbusier and CIAM

Positive Scepticism: Alvar Aalto as an alternative modernist

Ideals and their representation: Louis Kahn

Humanizing Modernism: Team Ten and the Dutch

Postmodernism: Irony and Inclusiveness

The typological critique

Conflicting existential ideals

Conclusions

21st century hindsight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 02, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Ray, Nicholas. Thinking through twentieth-century architecture

ISBN:

9781003244943

1003244947

9781000782325

1000782328

9781000782318

100078231X

Publisher Number:

99992849964

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.