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Primitive - Original Matters in Architecture (Paperback, New)
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Primitive - Original Matters in Architecture (Paperback, New)
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This innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and
possible futures of the word primitive. The word primitive is
fundamental to the discipline of architecture in the west,
providing a convenient starting point for the many myths of
architecture's origins. Since the almost legendary 1970s conference
on the Primitive, with the advent of post-modernism and, in
particular, post-colonialism, the word has fallen from favour in
many disciplines. Despite this, architects continue to use the word
to mythologize and reify the practice of simplicity. Primitive
includes contributions from some of today's leading architectural
commentators including Dalibor Vesely, Adrian Forty, David
Leatherbarrow, Richard Weston and Richard Coyne. Structured around
five sections, Negotiating Origins; Urban Myths; Questioning
Colonial Constructs; Making Marks; and Primitive Futures, the
essays highlight the problematic nature of ideas of the primitive,
engage with contemporary debate in the field of post colonialism
and respond to a burgeoning interest in the non-expert
architecture. This now controversial subject remains, for better or
worse, intrinsic to the very structure of Modernism and deeply
embedded in architectural theory. Considering a broad range of
approaches, this book provides a rounded past, present and future
of the word primitive in the architectural sphere.
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