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Mode Architecture: The Basics
by: Graham Livesey (Author)
Publisher: Routledge
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2024/11/15
Language: English
Print Length: 276 pages
ISBN-10: 1032517964
ISBN-13: 9781032517964
Book Description
Mode Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century. Broad definitions of modeity and postmodeity introduce the book, which comprises 24 short thematic chapters looking at the concepts behind the development of mode and postmode architecture. These include major historical movements, key figures, and evolving building typologies. There is also an emphasis on the changing city during the 19th and 20th centuries. Approaches to representation and its impacts on architecture are studied, along with the changing global role of architecture as cultural expression. The book introduces new topics, including gender, race, postcolonialism, and indigeneity. An undaunting, contemporary, and inclusive account of mode architectural history, this is a must-read for all students of architecture as well as those outside the discipline approaching the subject for the first time.
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Mode Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century. Broad definitions of modeity and postmodeity introduce the book, which comprises 24 short thematic chapters looking at the concepts behind the development of mode and postmode architecture. These include major historical movements, key figures, and evolving building typologies. There is also an emphasis on the changing city during the 19th and 20th centuries. Approaches to representation and its impacts on architecture are studied, along with the changing global role of architecture as cultural expression. The book introduces new topics, including gender, race, postcolonialism, and indigeneity. An undaunting, contemporary, and inclusive account of mode architectural history, this is a must-read for all students of architecture as well as those outside the discipline approaching the subject for the first time.