Darkitecture: Learning Architecture for the Twenty-First Century

IAIN AITCH, PAOLA ANTONELLI, IWONA BLAZWICK, NIGEL COATES, EMMA DEXTER, TOM GREENALL, ROSY HEAD, JONATHAN HILL, CLAIRE JAMIESON, ANNA MINTON, ROWAN MOORE, JAKE MOULSON, RICHARD NOBLE, LUCY PENGILLEY GIBB, ALEX SMITH, NOAM TORAN, ANTHONY VIDLER, GILDA WILLIAMS

ISBN 10: 0957429908 / ISBN 13: 9780957429901

Published by Two Little Boys, 2013

About this Item

Excellent, crisp, clean, well bound copy of this out of print and uncommon volume, aprox 180pgs in varying layouts of color imagery and dynamic text with a large range of contributors, examining myriad approaches and understandings of 21st century architecture and planning. Binding is solid, sturdy, without damage. Interior is bright and clean and free of marks, crisp and nearly appearing unopened. Covers have a teeny bit of wear at certain parts of the edges and corners, where the covers are lightly rubbed in those parts, but largely negligible overall. Superb copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Darkitecture: Learning Architecture for the Twenty-First Century
• Publisher: Two Little Boys
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957429908
• ISBN 13: 9780957429901
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Darkitecture is an anthology of texts and projects exploring how we learn about architecture and build buildings for real communities in the twenty-first century. It draws on the ideas and methods of the late architect Gerrard O'Carroll, a vibrant and unorthodox thinker, reprinting his own writings and statements alongside texts and projects by his contemporaries and alumni. Together these writings represent a selection of "what if?" scenarios with which to proceed on the journey toward becoming an architect; toward the conception of a design vocabulary that enhances everyday life; and the creation of buildings and urbanisms that embrace the irrational and celebrate the social. Darkitecture is a revolutionary handbook that will challenge students, designers, architects and citizens to review the way they look at and think about architecture.