Dimensions
250 x 290 x 45mm
Since the collapse of Modernism in the late 1960s, international architecture has fragmented, evolving in numerous different directions, each driven by its own ideologies and theories. 'Architecture Today' provides a clear, comprehensive guide to these pluralistic styles and movements.
The book is divided into sixteen chapters, offering incisive critiques of the world's most prominent architectural trends of the last twenty-five years. These include regional patterns such as the Los Angeles Avant-Garde and Experimentation in Japan, stylistic upheavals such as post-modernism and Deconstructivism, and global developments such as Ecological Architecture and the Contemporary Vernacular. Each chapter examines the work of that movement's chief protagonists, as well as tracing its historical development and theoretical impact. Biographies of all of the major architects featured are also included.
Avoiding the jargon that all too frequently characterises contemporary architectural criticism, 'Architecture Today' will be essential reading for all those interested in architecture, the visual arts, and modern culture.
