An introduction to architectural theory : 1968 to the present / Harry Francis Mallgrave and David Goodman.

By: Mallgrave, Harry Francis, 1947- [author.]Contributor(s): Goodman, David, 1974- [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: First editionDescription: x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405180627 (paperback)Subject(s): Architecture -- Philosophy | Architecture -- HistoriographyLOC classification: NA2500 .M35 2011
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: The 1960s -- Part One: 1970s -- 1. Pars destruens: 1968-1973 -- 2. The Crisis of Meaning -- 3. Early Postmodernism -- 4. Modernism Abides -- Part Two: 1980s -- 5. Postmodernism and Critical Regionalism -- 6. Traditionalism and New Urbanism -- 7. Theory in the Gilded Age -- 8. Deconstruction -- 1990s and Present -- 9. Wake of the Storm -- 10. Pragmatism and Post-Criticality -- 11. Minimalisms -- 12. Sustainability and Beyond -- Index -- Notes.
Subject: "A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. The first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last forty years surveys the intellectual history of architecture since 1968, including criticisms of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural theory, critical regionalism and tectonics Offers a comprehensive overview of the significant changes that architectural thinking has undergone in the past fifteen years Includes an analysis of where architecture stands and where it will likely move in the coming years"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-264) and index (pages 266-276).

Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface: The 1960s -- Part One: 1970s -- 1. Pars destruens: 1968-1973 -- 2. The Crisis of Meaning -- 3. Early Postmodernism -- 4. Modernism Abides -- Part Two: 1980s -- 5. Postmodernism and Critical Regionalism -- 6. Traditionalism and New Urbanism -- 7. Theory in the Gilded Age -- 8. Deconstruction -- 1990s and Present -- 9. Wake of the Storm -- 10. Pragmatism and Post-Criticality -- 11. Minimalisms -- 12. Sustainability and Beyond -- Index -- Notes.

"A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. The first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last forty years surveys the intellectual history of architecture since 1968, including criticisms of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural theory, critical regionalism and tectonics Offers a comprehensive overview of the significant changes that architectural thinking has undergone in the past fifteen years Includes an analysis of where architecture stands and where it will likely move in the coming years"-- Provided by publisher.