The Mannerist Mind: An Architecture of Crisis - Softcover

Gonzalez De Canales, Francisco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1638400369 ISBN 13: 9781638400363

Publisher: Actar Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

Departing from a discussion on what it would be a mannerist attitude in the architecture of today, and theorizing around it, this book analyzes some works of contemporary European practices including Lutjens Padmanabhan, architekten de vylder vinck taillieu, TEd'A, Maio, 6a architects and AOffice KGDVS.

Art critics between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries imprinted a long-standing derogatory meaning to the word "mannerism". Even though scholars such as John Shearman or Wolfgang Lotz rehabilitated the term to a certain degree during the twentieth century, it is still uncommon nowadays to find the expression "mannerist" used without certain pejorative connotations.

This book provides a contemporary revision of the mannerist attitude for the present, creating a framework to analyze and shed light not only on the work that these practices are carrying out, but also on the less evident filiations and affinities, as well as on their deeper implications.

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About the Author

Francisco González de Canales is Professor of Architectural Composition at the University of Seville and regularly invited to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London since 2008. He studied architecture in Seville, Barcelona and Harvard and worked for Foster+Partners and Rafael Moneo. In 2003 he founded Canales Lombardero with Nuria Álvarez Lombardero, an office with which he has received various distinctions and published his work in international magazines. Between 2002 and 2006 he was director of the Neutra magazine of the College of Architects of Seville. Between 2008 and 2012 he was coordinator of the public program of the London Architectural Association as AACP coordinator. He has been a visiting professor at various international institutions and has published more than 30 articles in specialized journals. His books include: First Works: Emergent architectural practices of the 1960s and 1970s (2009, with B. Steele), Experiments with life itself (2013), Rafael Moneo: Una reflexión teórica desde la profesión (2013), Rafael Moneo: Building, Teaching, Writing (2015, with N. Ray), Politics and digital fabrication. An ongoning debate (2016, with N. A. Lombardero) and Profesión y crisis (2018), Consideraciones sobre la obra de Rafael Moneo (2019), El Manierismo y su ahora (2020) and Lecturas sobre Rossi (2022).

Edition details

• Publisher: Actar Publishers
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1638400369
• ISBN 13: 9781638400363
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112