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By
Nikolaus Pevsner, Former architecture historian
JM Richards
DENNIS SHARP, Chairman of the Architecture Centre at the RIBA
Description
This book pits some of the most famous architectural theorists against each other in one volume. The subject for debate is Modernism,
the most pressing issue of the 20th century. This timely publication gives a comprehensive overview of the arguments and counter-arguments
that abound.
'The Anti-Rationalist and the Rationalist' is a combination of two excellent Architectural Press titles by prestigious
authors. The first argues that 'the austere rationality of the modern movement is after all losing out'. Pevsner and Richards believe
that a new generation of architects are turning again to exuberance, plasticity and individuality, in rebellion against the vision of
industrial society symbolised by the sheer unadorned towers of glass and steel that came to dominate cities in the fifties and sixties.
In contrast, Dennis Sharp examines the evidence to support the counter argument. He does this through an impressive collection of the
most well respected architectural commentators of the century, such as Bruno Zevi, Charles Jencks and Geoffrey Broadbent.
Audience
Students of Architecture, architects and readers interested in the theory and evolution of architecture.
Contents
ANTI-RATIONALISTS - Contents: Introduction by Nikolaus Pevsner; Hector Guimard by Sherban Cantacuzino; Art Nouveau in Italy by Manfredo
Nicoletti; Berenguer by David Mackay; Luis Domenech by Oriol Bohigas, Wagner and the Vienna School by Otto Antonia Graf; Odon Lechner
by Ferenc Vamos; Aladar Arkay by Balazas Dercwsenyi; Bohemian Cubism by Jaroslav Vokoun; Mackmurdo Gleanings by Edward Pond; The Early
Works of Mackintosh by David Walker; Mackintosh and Vienna by Eduard F Sekler; The Soft Jewellery of Art Nouveau by Robert Melville etc.
Conclusion. Nine Swallows - No Summer by Nikolaus Pevsner. RATIONALISTS - Contents: Introduction by Dennis Sharp; Peter Behrens by P
Morton Shand; Auguste Perret by Peter Collins; Adolf Loos - Ornament and crime by Reyner Banham; Frank Lloyd Wright's peaceful penetration
of Europe by Nikolaus Pevsner; Walter Gropius by Herman George Scheffauer; Mies van de Rohe by Peter Carter; Le Corbusier - Twentieth-century
living and twentieth-century building - If I had to teach you architecture by Le Corbusier; Where do we stand by Marcel Breuer; Wells
Coates 1893-1958 by JM Richards etc. Conclusion Irrational Rationalism: the rats since 1960 by Charles Jencks
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 456 pages, publication date: SEP-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-4815-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-4815-5
Imprint: ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
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