Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

Salingaros, Nikos A.

ISBN 10: 3937954090 / ISBN 13: 9783937954097

Published by ISI Distributed Titles, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

Publisher: ISI Distributed Titles

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 3rd Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

"The Emperor Has No Clothes" is an old adage, but, in the sad case of Deconstructivism, it is absolutely appropriate, as Deconstructivism is really nothing more than Modernism in a new guise. Modernists, notably the Bauhäusler, aimed for the clean slate, jettisoning everything that went before. Yet, at times, they claimed links with antecedents to give a spurious historical ancestry to their aims and creations. These questionable links and precedents are now being claimed for the works of Deconstructivists by sympathetic architects and their supporters. The second edition of this book is the beginning of a long-overdue counterattack. 

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.