Critiquing the Modern in Architecture
Auteur : Mehta Jaimini
Written over four decades, Critiquing the Modern in Architecture is a collection of essays exploring the ideological and metaphysical core of modern architecture. Author Jaimini Mehta moves architectural modernism from its primarily Eurocentric definition, interrogating the subject from the perspective on a non-western thought-world. Mehta groups his essays under three key themes: "Rethinking Modernity" explores the ideological underpinnings of the modernity/modernism binary; "The Idea of Architecture" looks at a number of issues that constitute the timeless and the invariable aspects of architecture against which the prevalent modernist discourse can be critically evaluated; and "On Praxis" looks at three contemporary architects' work and the Vienna Secessionist movement between 1890 and 1918 to articulate a critique of the underpinnings of the modern movement. Providing a new view of the modern in architecture, this book is critical reading for architectural theorists and scholars of modernism.
Acknowledgements, Introduction: The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern ArchitecturePart One: Rethinking modernity 1. Towards a Purposeful Disequilibrium 2. A Fool’s Paradise: A Critical Evaluation of the Sources of Post-Modern Architecture 3. Interrogative Scholarship: Theorizing the Agenda for Post-Rational Architecture 4. Contingent Criticality Part Two: The Idea of Architecture 5. Architecture and the Idea of Agreement 6. The Space of Mr. Giedion 7. Architecture as Co-Making 8. Vaastu and the Enfolding Order Part Three: On Praxis 9. Le Corbusier: Polemical, Poetical and Existential 10. Analogues of Architecture 11. Romaldo Giurgola: The Reluctant Master 12. The Vienna Spring Bibliography, Illustration Credits, Index
Date de parution : 09-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 09-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Critiquing the Modern in Architecture :
Mots-clés :
Young Man; Modernity; Palais Stoclet; Modern; Capitol Building; Architecture; Auguste Choisy; Architecture in India; Le Corbusier; Modern architecture; Tamil Nadu; Architecture as a cultural construct; Vaastu Shastra; Theory of architecture; Romaldo Giurgola; Animal Laborans; Julien Guadet; Henri Labrouste; Means End Category; Concerned Making; Grete Wiesenthal; Octagon House; Hypostyle Hall; Diamond Bourse; Le Corbusier’s Work; Postal Savings Bank; Boston City Hall; Copenhagen City Hall; PSFS Building; PSFS; Villa Savoye; Tugendhat House