Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise And Survival Of Architectural Barbarism James Stevens Curl Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Architecture

In Making Dystopia Distinguished Architectural Historian James Stevens Curl Tells The Story Of Advent Modernism Aftermath First World War Its Protagonists And Astonishing Almost Global Acceptance After 1945 He Argues Forcefully That Triumph Second Half Twentieth Century Led To Massive Destruction Creation Alien Urban Landscapes A Huge Waste Resources Moreover Coming Was Not An Inevitable Seamless Evolution As Many Have Insisted But Unparalled Disruption Demanded Clean Slate Elimination All Ornament Decoration Choice Tracing Effects Modernist Revolution Architecture Present With Each Passing Year So-Called \ Iconic\ By Supposed Star\ Architects Has Become More Bizarre Unsettling Expensive Ignoring Established Contexts Proving Be Stratospherically Remote From Aspirations Needs Humanity Elite Contemporary Form Increasingly Follows Finance Society Which Haves\ Have-Nots\ Are Ever Marginalized Warns Continues Stack Up Potential Problems For Future Housing Costs Spiral Out Control Squandered On Bling Fractures This Courageous Passionate Deeply Researched Profoundly Argued Book Should Read Everyone Concerned What Is Around Us Combative Critique Entire Project Apologists Will Highly Controversial It Contains Salutary Warnings We Ignore At Our Peril Asks Awkward Questions Answers Long Overdue Σελίδες: 592 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm