Erscheint: November 2026
Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
Architecture between Autonomy and Engagement
Verlag:
Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35228253
EAN: 9783038605140
Erscheint: November 2026
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Beschreibung
The fourth anthology of contributions to the CICA International Conference on Architectural Criticism bridges the gap between the occasionally enigmatic world of untouchable architecture and a public that demands plain answers. Much like modern art, some buildings have evolved into independent objects that explicitly stand out from their surroundings. Yet an architecture's raison d'être is often derived purely from its context. Architecture between Autonomy and Engagement. illuminates the entire spectrum of this defining design matrix. Drawing on examples by Denise Scott Brown, Álvaro Siza, Nzinga Mboup, Lyndon Neri, and Rossana Hu, the volume demonstrates how contemporary architecture succeeds in engaging intensely with design languages and contextual integration. Distinguished international architects and critics highlight that the contemporary trend toward abstraction by no means implies a breakdown in communication: simplification of appearance is in some cases precisely what makes ambiguity and connectivity possible in the first place.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Wilfried Wang
- Ruth Verde Zein
- Giovanna Renzetti
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 256