The Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture _ City, Technology and Society in the Information Age

Gausa, Manuel ; Guallart, Vincente ; Muller, Willy ; Soriano, Federico ; Porras, Fernando ; Morales, Jose

ISBN 10: 8495951223 / ISBN 13: 9788495951229

Published by Actar, New York, 2003

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Title: The Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced ...

Publisher: Actar, New York

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Edition: Hardcover Octavo.

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Synopsis:

In the format of a selective dictionary of cross-referenced terms, Metapolis identifies a new architectural will within the contemporary social and cultural panorama. It contributes to a global vision of the emerging new architectural action that participates in advanced culture and visual art disciplines and technology. The book speaks of an architecture inscribed in the information society and influenced by the new technologies, the new economy, environmental concerns and individual interests. The diversity of authors and works is invaluable for the generational intersections in theory discourse. Featuring Manuel Gausa, Vicente Guallart, Willy Müller, Federico Soriano, José Morales, Fernando Porras, Iñaki Ábalos y Juan Herreros, José Alfonso Ballesteros, Xavier Costa, Enric Ruiz-Geli, Alejandro Zaera Polo.

Synopsis:

This volume is an enlarged version of the Spanish edition and seeks, as its predecessor, to identify a new architectural will and a new social and cultural panorama. It aims to contribute to forming a vision that is global - but not necessarily absolute - of what is already showing itself to be a new architectural action, related to that coined as "advanced culture", present in various art disciplines, thought and technology. It talks about an architecture inscribed in the information society and influenced by the new technologies, the new economy, care of the environment and interest in the individual. The diversity of the authors and the special contributions should be seen as an initial decision aimed at promoting the intersecting and collaboration of visions and proposals along these lines.