{"product_id":"architectures-modernism-and-after-hardback-9780631229438","title":"Architectures; Modernism and After (Hardback) 9780631229438","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArchitectures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eModernism and After\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Ballantyne (Edited by), A Ballantyne (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631229438, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This collection of stimulating essays delights in the variety and diversity of modern architecture through differing processes of story telling and the analysis of facts. This is a book for the reader able to embrace plurality. Those who seek a singular vision will need to look elsewhere.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert Tavernor, University of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wide-ranging and original, this collection offers fresh new perspectives on architecture and its histories within the expanded arena of cultural studies. It suggests the many roles that buildings can play in the conscious and unconscious lives of human beings.\" \u003ci\u003eAlice Friedman, Wellesley College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitectures: Modernism and After\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents crucial \"moments\" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social and cultural imperatives.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Architectures in the Plural: Andrew Ballantyne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. An Avant-garde Academy: Simon Sadler (University of California, Davis).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Aalto and the Tutelary Goddesses: Sarah Menin (University of Newcastle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Becoming-skyscraper: Ayn Rand’s Architect: Gerard Loughlin (University of Newcastle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Steps Towards a Sustainable Architecture: Brenda and Robert Vale (University of Auckland, New Zealand).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Gordon Matta-Clark’s Building Dissections: Stephen Walker (University of Sheffield).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Territoriality and Identity at RAF Menwith Hill: David Wood (University of Newcastle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Domestic Space Transformed, 1850-2000: Elizabeth Cromley (Northeastern University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. English Townscape as Cultural and Symbolic Capital: Andrew Law (University of Newcastle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Architecture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Architecture%20%5BAM%5D%22\"\u003eAM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406396682520,"sku":"9780631229438","price":103.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631229438.jpg?v=1784137775","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/architectures-modernism-and-after-hardback-9780631229438","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}