Adhocism
The Case for Improvisation
$65.14
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2013
Summary
The triumphant return of a book that gave us permission to throw out the rulebook, in activities ranging from play to architecture to revolution.When this book first appeared in 1972, it was part of the spirit that would define a new architecture and design era-a new way of thinking ready to move beyond the purist doctrines and formal models of modernism. Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver’s book was a manifesto for a generation that took pleasure in doing things ad hoc, using materials at hand…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262518444 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262518449 |
| Author: | Charles Jencks, Nathan Silver |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Edition: | Enlarged edition |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Adhocism |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Four decades after the initial publication of Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver’s manifesto for improvisation, adhocism is still very much in vogue…Now recognisable as one of the core Postmodern texts, it remains equally subversive and sustainable, as much a manifesto of its time as a guide for the present.
* Architectural Review *An expanded edition of a 1972 book, which now appears prescient, this is an exploration of an idea of design that blends Dada, high-tech and DIY. The result is close to contemporary ideas about hacking and mass customisation.
* Financial Times *About The Author
Charles Jencks
Charles Jencks is an architectural theorist, landscape architect, and designer living in Scotland.Nathan Silver is an architect, writer, and former architecture school head living in London. He is the author of Lost New York, nominated for the National Book Award.
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