The Other Tradition Of Modern Architecture The Uncompleted Project Colin Wilson

Wilson, Colin St. John

ISBN 10: 1904772625 / ISBN 13: 9781904772620

Published by Artifice Inc, 2007

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Dettagli prodotto Copertina flessibile: 189 pagineEditore: Artifice Inc, Revised edizione (1 settembre 2006)Lingua: IngleseISBN-10: 1904772625ISBN-13: 978-1904772620The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project is a re-edition of an essential work by Colin St John Wilson, architect of the British Library and one of the most eminent voices in architectural theory and practice of the last 50 years. Re-edited and re-designed to Wilson's specifications, and with a new introduction by architect and writer Ellis Woodman, this indispensable title is here made available to a new readership. In The Other Tradition St John Wilson sets out to examine the underlying themes of modern architecture, assessing their impact, influence, and continuing development. Rather than positioning Modernism as a completed historical moment that occurred in the past (and that was formulated in terms of abstract theory and in no way responding to the historic role of a.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Other Tradition Of Modern Architecture The Uncompleted Project Colin Wilson
• Publisher: Artifice Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904772625
• ISBN 13: 9781904772620
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Nuovo

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Synopsis

The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project is a re-edition of an essential work by Colin St John Wilson, architect of the British Library and one of the most eminent voices in architectural theory and practice of the last 50 years. Re-edited and re-designed to Wilson's specifications, and with a new introduction by architect and writer Ellis Woodman, this indispensable title is here made available to a new readership. In The Other Tradition St John Wilson sets out to examine the underlying themes of modern architecture, assessing their impact, influence, and continuing development. Rather than positioning Modernism as a completed historical moment that occurred in the past (and that was formulated in terms of abstract theory and in no way responding to the historic role of architecture as a practical art and the unpredictable necessities of life), Wilson argues for a continuing tradition, an "uncompleted project", sustained against CIAM's rigid orthodoxy by a "resistance movement" exemplified by architects such as Alvar Aalto, Hans Scharoun, Hugo Häring and Frank Lloyd Wright. Figures like Aalto and Scharoun couldn't compete with Le Corbusier's powers on the soapbox and showed little inclination to do so. In a sense, The Other Tradition, is the manifesto that these laconic masters never wrote.

Drawing upon philosophy, history, art and architectural theory, the story of Modernist architecture is here explored both theoretically and through comparative case studies. Professor Wilson's original, insightful and passionate text is accompanied by photographs, plan drawings, sketches and models that further elucidate his argument. As important now as it was when first published The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project is a handsome re-edition of a seminal work.

Future Release: In July 2007 Black Dog is publishing Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects, the definitive monograph on Professor Colin St John Wilson. This erudite, comprehensive publication spans projects from throughout his career.

About the Author

Colin St John Wilson is Professor Emeritus in Architecture, University of Cambridge, and has taught on both sides of the Atlantic, as a visiting professor at Yale in 1960, 1964 and 1983 and MIT in 1970 and 1971. He first became Professor of Architecture at Cambridge in 1975. He is the author of Reflections on Architecture, Oxford, 1992. He is the architect of the British Library, London.