Architecture and modernity : a critique /

"In this exploration of the relationship between modernity, dwelling, and architecture, Hilde Heynen attempts to bridge the gap between the discourse of the modern movement and cultural theories of modernity. On one hand, she discusses architecture from the perspective of critical theory, and o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heynen, Hilde
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Architecture, Modern > 20th century.
Architecture and society > History > 20th century.
Philosophy, Modern > 20th century > Influence.
Architecture > 20e siècle.
Architecture et société > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Philosophie > 20e siècle > Influence.
ARCHITECTURE > History.
Architecture and society
Architecture, Modern
Philosophy, Modern > Influence
Bouwkunst.
Moderniteit.
Filosofische aspecten.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Architecture Facing of Modernity. Concepts of Modernity. Dwelling Fades into the Distance. The Dilemmas of Architecture
  • Constructing the Modern Movement. An Architectural Avant-Garde? Sigfried Giedion: A Programmatic View of Modernity. Das Neue Frankfurt: The Search for a Unified Culture
  • Reflections in a Mirror. The Experience of Rupture. Adolf Loos: The Broken Continuation of Tradition. Walter Benjamin: The Dream of a Classless Society. Building on Hollow Space: Ernst Bloch's Criticism of Modern Architecture. The Venice School, or the Diagnosis of Negative Thought
  • Architecture as Critique of Modernity. Avant-Garde versus Modernism. New Babylon: The Antinomies of Utopia. No Way Out: Adorno's Aesthetic Theory. Mimesis in Architecture
  • Afterword: Dwelling, Mimesis, Culture.

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