Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow; Learning to Live with Uncertainty

Maxwell, Robert

ISBN 10: 1908967145 / ISBN 13: 9781908967145

Published by Artifice Books on Architecture, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow; Learning to Live with Uncertainty
• Publisher: Artifice Books on Architecture
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908967145
• ISBN 13: 9781908967145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Adept at moving between the examination of modern and contemporary architecture, art, literature and music, Robert Maxwell is a respected scholar whose critical writings articulate the role architecture plays in contemporary culture. In Ancient Wisdom And Modern Knowhow, Maxwell considers the notion of 'doubt' encountered by the modern architect. In ten chapters that draw upon writers and topics as diverse and engaging as Andre Malraux and his concept of the Musée Imaginaire, Colin Rowe and his exploration of "Mannerism in Modern Architecture" as well as Rowe's book with Fred Koetter, Collage City, and examining works by artists including Albrecht Du?rer, Picasso and Duchamp and architects including James Stirling, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind, Maxwell steps effortlessly through a range of ideas and concepts, to create an engaging and provocative thesis. Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow is the second of two new books to be published by Artifice books on architecture by Professor Robert Maxwell, Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. The first, A Few Years of Writing Interspersed with some Facts of Life, was published in autumn 2012.

About the Author

Robert Maxwell was formally Professor of Architecture at The Bartlett, then Dean of Architecture at Princeton University, and is now Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Princeton and working in London. He writes extensively on architecture, but can also lay claim to a number of built works in London, including flats at Southwood Lawn Road, Highgate, and the river frontage of the Royal Festival hall.

Founder and Principle of Eric Parry Architects Eric Parry studied architecture at the University of Newcastle (1970 1973), the Royal College of Art (1976 1978) and the Architectural Association (1979 1980). Eric Parry Architects was established in 1983, the year he was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, where he taught until 1997. His project at 30 Finsbury Square was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2003, as was the office building Aldermanbury Square in 2009 and the Renewal Project at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square has won many awards since its completion in 2008. Eric Parry was elected Royal Academician in 2006 and was President of the Architectural Association in 2005 2007. He served as Chair of the RIBA Awards Group and has been a member of the Kettles Yard Committee and the Arts Council of England Visual Arts and Architecture Panels in previous years.