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Skillfully blending documentation and illustrations, and gradually sharpening polemic and humor, Blake calmly explodes the fantasies of modern dogma that most architects once accepted. Such truisms as 'form follows function', 'the open plan,' and 'purity of design' are exposed as volatile ideas. The intricately planned, artistically designed components of the Ideal City have divided urban areas into tidy ghettos of culture, education, business, residence...even pornography...alienating individuals and threatening not only the economic futures of our cities, but civilized aspects of life in the West as well.
This book calls for the slaughtering of the sacred cows of the Modern Movement, for a moratorium on the destruction of existing buildings and historic landmarks, and for an end to the construction of skyscrapers, new highways in developed nations, and single-use zoning. Blake demands legislation to hold building industries responsible for performance of their products, and a restructuring for performance of their products, and a restructuring of architectural education into something more basic and more human.
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- PublisherLittle, Brown
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0316099406
- ISBN 13 9780316099400
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages169
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Form Follows Fiasco : Why Modern Architecture Hasn't Worked
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Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Offers a thorough indictment of modern architecture and calls for less urban planning and demolition, more reconversion, and an end to city zoning Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123656420
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Form Follows Fiasco - Why Modern Architecture Hasn't Worked
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is in fine condition. There are no tears or stains. The jacket is in very good condition and has corner knocks and 2 small tears at the top of the front cover. This book blends documentation and illustrations to explode the fantasies of modern architecture dogma. The author exposes such truisms as "form follows function", "the open plan", and "purity of design". Proceeds from the sale of this book benefits environmental preservation and education. Seller Inventory # 007635
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Half Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Black cloth and boards in very good condition. Owner name and address to glued down front end paper. Damp stain to bottom corner of ffep. Author shoots down many of the accepted theories and 'rules' of modern architecture. Dust jacket has flap creases, edgewear, scuffs and three short tears. 168 pp. Architecture, Criticism. Seller Inventory # 004934
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Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ black cloth quarter spine. 169 pgs w/ 133 bw illustrations. glossy, grey & white illustrated dustjacket. Skillfully blending documentation and illustrations, and gradually sharpening polemic and humor, Blake calmly explodes the fantasies of modern dogma that most architects once accepted. Such truisms as 'form follows function', 'the open plan,' and 'purity of design' are exposed as volatile ideas. The intricately planned, artistically designed components of the Ideal City have divided urban areas into tidy ghettos of culture, education, business, residence.even pornography.alienating individuals and threatening not only the economic futures of our cities, but civilized aspects of life in the West as well.--dustjacket. VG-/G+ (shelf-wear to cover edges. foxing to textblock edges, cover pastedowns & endpapers. pgs clean & bright, though may have instances of foxing. tight binding. dustjacket scuffed, smudged & scratched; edge-wear; tears to spine & edges; foxing to edges & interior; flap creased & clipped). Seller Inventory # 183172
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