Architectural Epicentres : Inventing Architecture, Intervening in Reality,9789616669030

Architectural Epicentres : Inventing Architecture, Intervening in Reality

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ISBN13: 9789616669030
ISBN10: 9616669036
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-07-30
Publisher(s): Architecture Museum of Ljubljana
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Table of Contents

The AML's New Book Seriesp. 7
Preface: The Architectural Epicentres Lecture Seriesp. 8
Introduction: Inventing Architecture, Intervening in Realityp. 12
Architecture and its Revolutionsp. 24
The Politics of the Past: Making Modern Architecture in Mexico and Beyondp. 36
The Irrational Epicentre: Architecture of Brazil from 1943 to 1960p. 52
Finland Wonderland: Architectural Laboratory at the Edge of Europep. 68
Switzerland since the 1970s: From Ticino Tendenza to Pluralismp. 90
The Demise of the SuperDutch: The Socially-Conscious Dutch Welfare State Unravelledp. 104
Twenty Years of Spanish Architecture: From Site Specificity in Catalan Architecture to On Site at MoMAp. 120
Reformulating the Context: SVA and the Emergence of Epicentre Sloveniap. 134
Published reviews and TV coverage of the lecturesp. 154
Indexp. 158
Acknowledgementsp. 164
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