Rethinking Modernity
eBook - ePub

Rethinking Modernity

Between the local and the International

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Rethinking Modernity

Between the local and the International

About this book

This book proposes alternative interpretations of broadly-debated concepts within architectural modernity. Bringing into view the work of lesser-known architects from across the globe, alongside previously unexplored aspects of mainstream masters of the Modern, Rethinking Modernity puts forward a compelling case for the range and diversity of architectural projects encompassed by this term. Exploring themes such as the use of colour, materials, ornament, local traditions and identities, Rethinking Modernity challenges readers to build a better understanding of a crucial moment in architectural history, and of design trends shaping the present-day production of the built environment. Complementing the RIBA Publishing titles Redefining Brutalism and Revisiting Postmodernism, this book sits within a series of books aiming to explore new interpretations of well-loved architectural movements, richly illustrated with rarely-seen archive photography and lesser-known projects.

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Information

Publisher
RIBA Publishing
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781000033809
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Dedication Page
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. About the author
  9. Foreword
  10. Introduction Modernity: A small word for such a big world
  11. Chapter 1 Tradition and identity
  12. Chapter 2 Modernity and context
  13. Chapter 3 Materials and colours
  14. Chapter 4 The forbidden wor(l)d: Ornament and decoration in the alternative modern
  15. Chapter 5 Geometry and spatial experience
  16. Chapter 6 The modern diaspora: Latin America (by Antigoni Katsakou and Iliana Miranda-Zacarias)
  17. Chapter 7 Modern diaspora and the British interwar period
  18. Afterword
  19. Timeline
  20. Endnotes
  21. Index