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Writing architecture :Fantomas fragments fictions : an architectural journey through the twentieth century
- 作者: Connah, Roger.
- 出版: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press c1989.
- 稽核項: 462 p. :ill. (some col.) ;29 cm.
- 標題: Pietila, Reima, 1923- Criticism and interpretation. , Criticism and interpretation. , Architecture, Modern , Pietila, Reima, , Architecture, Modern 20th century. , Architecture, Modern 20th century -- Finland.
- ISBN: 0262031647 , 9780262031646
- 附註: Originally published: Helsinki : Building Book Ltd., c1989. Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 系統號: 005106912
- 資料類型: 圖書
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- 引用網址: 複製連結
In this tantalizing work, Roger Connah explores the peculiar odyssey of twentieth-century architecture through the buildings and writings of Finlands iconoclastic architect, Reima Pietila. Among architects, Pietila is a cult figure, a respected but often misunderstood outsider and "arctic shaman," only recently granted the international acclaim and appreciation that are his due. Pietila's complex, geomorphic structures have been compared to the work of Gaudi and Bruce Goff and variously labeled surrealistic, romantic, or expressionistic. Writing Architecture positions Pietila at the heart of contemporary architectural debates - the carnival of conflicting isms, modern post-modern, post-structuralist, deconstructive. From his relative isolation in Helsinki, he is thrust into the community of this century's most revolutionary artists and thinkers, including Wittgenstein, Einstein, Beckett, Borges, Magritte, and McLuhan. Through Pietila Connah reflects on architecture's progress and excess in this century, tracing a path through multiple meanings and intellectual adventures. More metaphysical inquiry than conventional monograph, this extraordinary study draws from various sources to "read" architecture as Pietila does, as a form of cultural composition in which all theory, literature, music, art, or natural phenomena are potential sources for architectural meaning. Like the existential detective in the pulp crime novels on Fantomas, the elegant French philosopher-thief, Connah offers fragmentary clues, contradictory solutions, and digressive speculations on the particular mystery, misery, and miracle that is modern architecture, but wisely leaves the final verdict up to his discerning readers. Roger Connah's extensive collaboration with Reima Pietila has provided him with a unique opportunity to trace the architect's inimitable approach to architecture and culture. Since 1986 the author has been living in India working as a freelance writer; he is visiting Professor at The National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad and The Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi.
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