Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture

ed. by Charles Jencks, Karl Kropf

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Editor(s)

Charles Jencks, Karl Kropf

Publication

Chichester : Academy Editions, 1997

Scope

312 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.

ISBN

0471976873

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The last forty years have seen an outburst of theories and manifestoes which explore the possibilities of architecture: its language, evolution and social relevance.

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Person as subject

Frank O Gehry, James Stirling, Aldo Rossi, Michael Graves, Itsuko Hasegawa, Robert Venturi, … [et al.]

Keywords

utopia , architecture theory , future scenario's

Location

Cabinet 15 - 3: Architectuur en Kunst

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