Frank Lloyd Wright called Bruno Zevi âthe most penetrating architectural critic of our time,â and one could ask for no better proof than Zeviâs masterpiece, The Modern Language of Architecture. In it, Zevi sets forth seven principles, or âantirules,â to codify the new language of architecture created by Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright. In place of the classical language of the Beaux Art school, with its focus on abstract principles of order, proportion, and symmetry, he presents an alternative system of communication characterized by a free interpretation of contents and function, an emphasis on difference and dissonance, a dynamic of multidimensional vision, and independent interplay of elements, an organic marriage of engineering and design, a concept of living spaces that are designed for use, and an integration of buildings into their surroundings. Anticipating the innovations of postmodern architecture, Zevi argues forcefully for complexity and against unity, for decomposition dialogue between architecture and historiography, finding elements of the modern language of architecture throughout history, and discussing the process of architectural innovation. Sumptuously illustrated, and written in a clear, accessible manner, The Modern Language of Architecture will long remain one of the classics of architectural criticism and history.

The Modern Language of Architecture

Arts & Photography

Bruno Zevi

Architecture

University of Washington Press

Frank Lloyd Wright called Bruno Zevi ?the most penetrating architectural critic of our time,? and one could ask for no better proof than Zevi?s masterpiece, The Modern Language of Architecture. In it, Zevi sets forth seven principles, or ?antirules,? to codify the new language of architecture created by Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright. In place of the classical language of the Beaux Art school, with its focus on abstract principles of order, proportion, and symmetry, he presents an alternative system of communication characterized by a free interpretation of contents and function, an emphasis on difference and dissonance, a dynamic of multidimensional vision, and independent interplay of elements, an organic marriage of engineering and design, a concept of living spaces that are designed for use, and an integration of buildings into their surroundings. Anticipating the innovations of postmodern architecture, Zevi argues forcefully for complexity and against unity, for decomposition dialogue between architecture and historiography, finding elements of the modern language of architecture throughout history, and discussing the process of architectural innovation. Sumptuously illustrated, and written in a clear, accessible manner, The Modern Language of Architecture will long remain one of the classics of architectural criticism and history.

The modern language of architecture

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works

Birkhauser

Drawings, sketches, plans in great detail and explanation, illustrated throughout; clean pages. This is a collectible 1st edition.

Architecture As Space : How to Look at Architecture

Horizon Press

Erich Mendelsohn

Architectural Press

Frank Llyod Wright

Patmos Verlag GmbH & Co KG

A comprehensive monograph on the Complete Works of Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953), the leading exponent of architectural Expressionism.

Erich Mendelsohn: Complete Works

Religious

Birkhäuser Architecture

Architettura Concetti Di Una Controstoria

Newton Compton

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