{"product_id":"theories-and-manifestoes-of-contemporary-architecture-9780470014691","title":"Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: its language  evolution and social relevance. The many crises in architecture and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised  questioned and overthrown  only to be extended  subverted and revivified. The result was a cascade of new theories  justifications and recipes for building. This anthology  first edited in 1997  brought together a coherent collection of texts that tracked these important shifts from all the major architectural thinkers and practitioners.  In this new edition of the 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 Mandelbrots 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.  Essential for the student and practitioner alike  Theories and Manifestoes since its first edition has established itself as the touchstone book for architectural thought. It features seminal texts by Reyner Banham  Peter Eisenman  Frank Gehry  Rem Koolhaas  Colin Rowe and Robert Venturi. This is now ejected with greater currency with extracts from: Cecil Balmond  Foreign Office Architects  Daniel Libeskind  MVRDV  Lars Spuybroek  UN Studio and West 8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279798362165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0470014695","price":190.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780470014691.jpg?v=1780610856","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/theories-and-manifestoes-of-contemporary-architecture-9780470014691","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}