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Twentieth-Century Architecture and Modernity: Our Past, Our Present
Twentieth-Century Architecture and Modernity: Our Past, Our Present
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The theme of "modernity" in the 20th century revolutionized our way of life, leading to absolutizations and misunderstandings. This book explores the theme of a present continuity by revealing "open visions" that characterized modernity at the end of the 19th century. It supports the thesis of modernity as tradition, research, criticism, and place of contradictions, and echoes the idea of "architecture tout court" to enhance the present environment in its current fragility. These "contemporary modernisms" aim to recover the essence of a recent past to project it into the present, restoring architecture's role in critical construction and formation of society.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2022
Publisher: Oro Editions
The theme of "modernity" served as a catalyst for architectural innovation in the 20th century, leading to a profound transformation of our way of life. However, its development resulted in absolutizations and misunderstandings, obscuring the genuine motives behind the pursuit of improving everyone's well-being. This book challenges the notion that the 20th century was solely defined by the Modern Movement, instead exploring the concept of a present continuity by unveiling the "open visions" that characterized modernity towards the end of the 19th century. Through a critical review of the historical stages of development and the intense debates among architectural historians, architects, and contemporary scholars, the thesis of modernity as tradition, research, criticism, and the site of contradictions is substantiated. This perspective is further echoed by the notion of "architecture tout court," emphasizing the importance of enhancing the present environment amidst its current fragility of views, particularly in the face of the emerging threat posed by a virus that could undermine our way of living. These "contemporary modernisms" aim to reclaim the essence of a recent past and project it into the present, restoring to architecture its long-neglected role in critical construction and the formation of society in an era often referred to as "of Rembrandt beauty."
Weight: 402g
Dimension: 143 x 200 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781954081901
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