Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture

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Summary: important writings at a glance
Review: This collection of texts by Mr. Jencks and Mr. Kropf is a post-modern peace of work: joining different ideas as they were equivalent. At the same time it looks like a way to inform about the theories and manifestoes, in fact, it is a redutive and destructive thing because the peaces of writing dont show the real ideas of the architects. The book gives the same importance to entire complex books, short comments about buildings, magazine inteviews, etc. They are not equivalent, people should be more respectfull with the work of the other ones, mainly when their work is to teach and to help understanding.

Rating:
Summary: surpermarket effect
Review: This collection of texts by Mr. Jencks and Mr. Kropf is a post-modern peace of work: joining different ideas as they were equivalent. At the same time it looks like a way to inform about the theories and manifestoes, in fact, it is a redutive and destructive thing because the peaces of writing dont show the real ideas of the architects. The book gives the same importance to entire complex books, short comments about buildings, magazine inteviews, etc. They are not equivalent, people should be more respectfull with the work of the other ones, mainly when their work is to teach and to help understanding.

Rating:
Summary: important writings at a glance
Review: This little green book is like an encylopedia of contemporary famous architects' writings and is a good source for students or layman with not much architectural theory background.