Reyner Banham
Historian of the Immediate Future
Nigel Whiteley

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Author(s)

Nigel Whiteley

Publication

Cambridge Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 2002

Scope

494 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

0262731657

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This intellectual biography is the first comprehensive critical examination of Banham’s theories and ideas, not only on architecture but also on the wide variety of subjects that interested him. It covers the full range of his oeuvre and discusses the values, enthusiasms, and influences that formed his thinking. Reyner Banham (1922-88) was one of the most influential writers on architecture, design, and popular culture from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s. His combination of academic rigor and pop culture sensibility placed him in a unique position to understand the cultural, social, and political implications of the visual arts in the postwar period.

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Keywords

architecture theory

Location

Cabinet 15 - 5: Architectuur en Kunst

Remarks

Incl. notes, Bibliography, Index.