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Architecture And Modernity: A Critique

Author: Heynen, Hilde
Paperback; 103 Illustrations
280 pages
Published: April 2000
The MIT Press
ISBN: 0262581892

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.Besides presenting a theoretical discussion of the relation between architecture, modernity, and dwelling, the book provides architectural students with anProvides architectural students with an introduction to the discourse of critical theory. Besides presenting a theoretical discussion of the relation between architecture, modernity and dwelling, this book provides architectural students with an introduction to the discourse of critical theory.

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