Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

Salingaros, Nikos A.

UMBAU-VERLAG

<p>More than a decade in the making, this is a textbook of architecture rich with design techniques and useful for every architect whether a first-year students or experienced practicing architects. The book teaches the reader how to design by adapting to human needs and sensibilities, yet independently of any particular style. It explains much of what people instinctively know about architecture, and puts that knowledge for the first time in a concise, understandable form. There has not been such a book treating the very essence of architecture. Preface by HRH the Prince of Wales.</p>

A Theory of Architecture

Arts & Photography

Architecture

ISI Distributed Titles

"The Emperor Has No Clothes" is an old adage, but, in the sad case of Deconstructivism, it is absolutely appropriate, as Deconstructivism is really nothing more than Modernism in a new guise.  Modernists, notably the Bauhäusler, aimed for the clean slate, jettisoning everything that went before.  Yet, at times, they claimed links with antecedents to give a spurious historical ancestry to their aims and creations.  These questionable links and precedents are now being claimed for the works of Deconstructivists by sympathetic architects and their supporters.  The second edition of this book is the beginning of a long-overdue counterattack.

<p>"The Emperor Has No Clothes" is an old adage, but, in the sad case of Deconstructivism, it is absolutely appropriate, as Deconstructivism is really nothing more than Modernism in a new guise. Modernists, notably the Bauhäusler, aimed for the clean slate, jettisoning everything that went before. Yet, at times, they claimed links with antecedents to give a spurious historical ancestry to their aims and creations. These questionable links and precedents are now being claimed for the works of Deconstructivists by sympathetic architects and their supporters. The second edition of this book is the beginning of a long-overdue counterattack. </p>

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Salingaros, Nikos A.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Salingaros, Nikos A.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Salingaros, Nikos A.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

A Theory of Architecture

Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction

Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction