Jencks, Charles / Kropf, Karl (eds.)
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture
  2. Edition - December 2005
38.90 Euro
2005. 384 Pages, Softcover
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 0-470-01469-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-01469-1 - John Wiley & Sons
Short description
In this classic title, the thinking and ideas that have informed, and continue to inform the architecture and urban design around us today, is presented as a compilation of writings by the most important architects, urbanists, and theorists of the second half of the 20th century. Filled with additional material that suggests the direction theory is taking into the 21st century, this Second Edition has been fully updated.
From the contents
1. 1977, Mandelbrot
2. 1992, Raggatt
3. 1997, Batty and Langley
4. 1999, van Berkel and Bos
5. 1999, MVRDV
6. 1999, Somol
7. 1999, Lynn
8. 2000, West 8
9. 2001, Spuybroek
10. 2001, Lootsma
11. 2001,Libeskind
12. 2002, FOA also a text from 2000 on enclosed disc Instrumentality and Diagrams
13. 2002, Sassen
14. 2002, Balmond
15. 2002, SHoP
16. 2003, Allen and Corner
17. 2004, Koolhaas
18. 2004, Weinstock
19. 2004, Jencks (disc)
20. 2004, Steve Johnson
21. 2005, Eisenman (disc)
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