Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture

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Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture

In this book, over twenty additional extracts are published that present an entirely new axis for architectural thinking. Whereas much of the 20th-Century thought was dominated by the 'perceived crisis' in Modernity, 'the new paradigm' or 'complexity paradigm' has been excited by the possibilities of Emergence in the Science of Complexity and Chaos theory. The reach of complexity is expressed through the primacy of Benoit Mandelbrot's theories on geometry, with an extract from his manifesto on fractals; and furthered through an outline of Emergence by Steven Johnson. It is also handled through texts that focus on the diagram and are demonstrated in its more applied form through passages dealing with the global city and culture.

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Author(s)

Jencks, Charles - Personal Name
Kropf, Karl - Personal Name

Edition

2nd Ed.

Call Number

720.1 Jen c

ISBN/ISSN

9780470014691

Subject(s)

Architecture
Manifestoes
Contemporary

Classification

720.1

Series Title

GMD

Text

Language

English

Publisher

Wiley

Publishing Year

2006

Publishing Place

London

Collation

378p.

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