Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

Rudofsky, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0826310044 / ISBN 13: 9780826310040

Verlag: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1987

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture
• Verlag: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0826310044
• ISBN-13: 9780826310040
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: Reprint.
• Zustand: New

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In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light.

The beauty of "primitive" architecture has often been dismissed as accidental, but today we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the philosophy and practical knowledge of the untutored builders as untapped sources of inspiration for industrial man trapped in his chaotic cities.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.