In the mood for architecture : tradition, modernism & serendipity / Lucien Steil ; foreword, Léon Krier ; introduction, Ali Sagharchi ; epilogue, Maurice Culot
By: Steil, Lucien [author].
Contributor(s): Krier, Léon [writer of foreword] | Sagharchi, Alireza [writer of introduction] | Culot, Maurice [writer of epilogue].
Publisher: Tübingen : Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 2018Description: 278 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783803008329.Other title: In the mood for architecture : tradition, modernism and serendipity.Subject(s): Architecture | Architecture, ModernGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: In the Mood for Architecture? seeks to intervene in the polemics between tradition and modernity, and between modernism and classicism, mediating between entrenched positions with a theoretical sketch, or perhaps a meditative fragment, that evokes a contemporary architecture not afraid to acknowledge both tradition and modernity, that embraces newness and originality but also recognizes the role of imitation and conventionCurrent location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | NA500 .S73 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012786 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278)
In the Mood for Architecture? seeks to intervene in the polemics between tradition and modernity, and between modernism and classicism, mediating between entrenched positions with a theoretical sketch, or perhaps a meditative fragment, that evokes a contemporary architecture not afraid to acknowledge both tradition and modernity, that embraces newness and originality but also recognizes the role of imitation and convention
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