Vertigo: The Strange New World of the Contemporary City - Softcover

Moore, Rowan

9781856691536: Vertigo: The Strange New World of the Contemporary City

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856691535 ISBN 13: 9781856691536

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing, 1999

The themes and subjects of the book are those of the exhibition "Vertigo", held in Glasgow in 1999. Contributors include Raymond Ryan, Brian Hatton, Martin Pawley and Deyan Sudjic.

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Synopsis:

Dissecting the new architectural landscape of the industrialized world, this collection of essays explores 10 recently completed projects which exemplify the forces that are shaping contemporary cities. It responds to a particular moment when architects are being compelled to answer the challenges of new media, globalization, post-industrial culture and the unprecedented scale and speed of modern development. These challenges have made the great concerns of the 20th-century architecture - the Modern Movement, Postmodernism and High-Tech - seem irrelevant. In contrast to the bland future-gazing that the eve of the new millennium has tended to inspire, this book sets out to evoke tangible urban experiences.

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