Author

Publication

1999 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

66,250 words, Guess

Page Count

265 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL376572M
  • ISBN-100262082640
  • OCLC Control Number39614978
  • Library of Congress Control Number98038512
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  • LibraryThing72821

Classifications

  • DDC724/.6
  • LCCNA680 .H42 1999

Description

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 on the other she modifies positions within critical theory by linking them with architecture. She assesses architecture as a cultural field that structures daily life and that embodies major contradictions inherent in modernity, arguing that architecture nonetheless has a certain capacity to adopt a critical stance vis-a-vis modernity.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Architecture and modernity: a critiqueMIT Press1999-01-01

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