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August 22, 2020 | History

Informal Architectures: Space and Contemporary Culture is a compilation of new and classic writing and visual art on spacial culture in modernity post 9/11. Contributors include established figures in the fields of cultural studies, art theory, urbanism and design.

Informal Architectures: Space and Contemporary Culture examines theories or and relations to space from descriptive, analytic and creative perspectives in a number of disciplines. It puts forward alternative strategies and criteria for the creation, representation and interpretation of space and its cultural implications. Informal Architectures features essays, artworks and images, with a particular interest in decay, monument, ruin, weakness, permanence, waste and consumption.

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Cover of: Informal Architectures
Informal Architectures: Space and Contemporary Culture
2008, Black Dog Publishers
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Cover of: Informal Architectures
Informal Architectures: Space and Contemporary Culture
May 20, 2008, Black Dog Publishing
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

Anthony Kiendl. Introduction Page 7
Anthony Kiendl. Informal Architectures Page 8
Patrick Keiller. Popular Science Page 32
CLUI. Center for Land Use Interpretation Page 38
Marie-Paule Macdonald. Emtiness and Imagination Page 48
Knowles Eddy Knowles. Wir Mienen Page 54
Aoife Mac Namara. Bungalow Blitz Page 56
Kim Adams. Research Photographs Page 72
Bernie Miller. Termination of View Page 74
Lance Blomgren. Corner Pieces (Banff) Page 80
Dan Graham. Interview: Death by Chocolate Page 83
Donald Goode. Post-Present Architecture Page 90
Paul Antick. itourist? Page 98
Eyal Weizman. Evacuations: Decolonizing Architecture Page 110
Elle Flanders. What Isn't There Page 120
Sara Raza. Lida Abdul: An Informal Architect Page 124

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Hardcover
Number of pages
240
Dimensions
11.0 x 9.0 in
Weight
2 lbs

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OL23851725M
ISBN 10
190615533X
ISBN 13
9781906155339

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"[A] compilation of new and classic writing and visual art on spatial culture in modernity post-9/11.The work gathered here creates an alternative perspective on the built environment through contemporary culture. Particular attention is paid to spaces that are in some way temporary, contingent, marginal, or fictional in order to critically analyse the meaning of art, and to provide a tenable counter-narrative to architecture's dominant ideologies concerning technological imperatives and the monumental"--P. [4] of cover.

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July 31, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot associate edition with work OL8914420W
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