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- English
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Revisiting Postmodernism
About this book
Revisiting Postmodernism offers an engaging, wide-ranging and highly illustrated account of postmodernism in architecture from its roots in the 1940s to its ongoing relevance today. This book invites readers to see Postmodernism in a new light: not just a style but a cultural phenomenon that embraces all areas of life and thrives on complexity and pluralism, in contrast to the strait-laced, single-style, top-down inclination of its predecessor, Modernism. While focusing on architecture, this book also explores aspects such as urban masterplanning, furniture design, art and literature. Looking at Postmodernism through the lens of examples from around the world, each chapter explores the movement in the UK on the one hand, and its international counterparts on the other, reflecting on the historical movement but also how postmodernism influences practices today. This book offers the insider's view on postmodernism by the author, a recognised pioneer in the field of postmodern architecture and a prestigious and authoritative participant in the postmodern movement.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 POSTMODERNISM IN ITS HISTORICAL PLACE
- CHAPTER 2 THE ‘HIGH STYLE’ PERIOD OF POSTMODERNISM
- CHAPTER 3 WE ARE ALL POSTMODERNISTS NOW
- – IMAGE GALLERY –
- CHAPTER 4 MODERNIST ORTHODOXY CHALLENGED
- CHAPTER 5 THE POSTMODERN SPIRIT TAKES HOLD
- CHAPTER 6 BACKLASH AND RESURGENCE
- REFERENCES
- IMAGE CREDITS
- INDEX