Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

Nikos A. Salingaros

ISBN 10: 9937623138 / ISBN 13: 9789937623131

Published by Vajra Publications, 2014

About this Item

pp. 248 4th Edition. Seller Inventory # 26323937501

Bibliographic Details

Title: Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

Publisher: Vajra Publications

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Edition: 4th Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

In this book translated into several languages, Nikos Salingaros takes on and condemns much of fashionable contemporary architecture, and especially the "star architects". Arguing that their buildings provide non-adaptive environments, he is also concerned that they offer a bad example for ordinary architects who design school buildings, shops, banks, and churches.

From the Author:

This polemic book has sometimes drawn attention away from my scientific investigations into architecture and urbanism. Indeed, my harshest critics stubbornly pretend that it is the only thing I have ever written! For this reason, I feel that its message is more relevant today than ever before. The Fourth Edition of this book contains all the material from previous editions, and adds 48 new pages.