Utopia's ghost : architecture and postmodernism, again /

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Author / Creator:Martin, Reinhold, 1964-
Imprint:Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Description:xxvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8066100
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Other authors / contributors:Centre canadien d'architecture. Centre d'étude.
ISBN:9780816669622
0816669627
9780816669639
0816669635
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-210) and index.
Summary:Written at the intersection of culture, politics & the city, particularly in the context of corporate globalization, 'Utopia's Ghost' challenges dominant theoretical paradigms & opens new avenues for architectural scholarship & cultural analysis.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Architecture and postmodernism, again
  • Territory: From the inside, out
  • History: The last war
  • Language: Environment, c.1973
  • Image: Have we ever been postmodern?
  • Materiality: Mirrors
  • Subjects: Mass customization
  • Architecture: Utopia's ghost.