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Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture
Bernard Rudofsky
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Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 156 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 332.
In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light.
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In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light.
The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826310040
SKU
V9780826310040
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99-50
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