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
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3937954090
• ISBN 13: 9783937954097
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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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. 

About the Author

"One of 50 visionaries who are changing your world." -- Utne Reader. Ranked 11th among "The top 100 urban thinkers of all time". -- Planetizen. Nikos Angelos Salingaros is a mathematician and polymath known for his work on urban theory, architectural theory, complexity theory, and design philosophy. He has been a close collaborator of the architect and computer software pioneer Christopher Alexander, with whom Salingaros shares a harsh critical analysis of conventional modern architecture. Like Alexander, Salingaros has proposed an alternative theoretical approach to architecture and urbanism that is more adaptive to human needs and aspirations, and that combines rigorous scientific analysis with deep intuitive experience. (from Wikipedia).