NATO: Narrative Architecture in Postmodern London (Hardcover)

Chronicling the last radical architectural group of the twentieth century - NATO (Narrative Architecture Today) - who emerged from the Architectural Association at the start of the 1980s, this book explores the group's work which echoed a wider artistic and literary culture that drew on the specific political, social and physical condition of 1980s London. It traces NATO's identification with a particular stream of post-punk, postmodern expression: a celebration of the abject, an aesthetic of entropy, and a do-it-yourself provisionality. NATO has most often been documented in reference to Nigel Coates (the instigator of NATO), which has led to a one-sided, one-dimensional record of NATO's place in architectural history. This book sets out a more detailed, contextual history of NATO, told through photographs, drawings, and ephemera, restoring a truer polyvocal narrative of the group's ethos and development.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Claire Jamieson
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-67481-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Theory of architecture Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Individual architects Promotions
LSN:	1-138-67481-8
Barcode:	9781138674813

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