9780826310040-0826310044-Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780826310040
ISBN-10: 0826310044
Edition: Reprint
Author: Bernard Rudofsky
Publication date: 1987
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Format: Paperback 157 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780826310040
ISBN-10: 0826310044
Edition: Reprint
Author: Bernard Rudofsky
Publication date: 1987
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Format: Paperback 157 pages

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Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture (ISBN-13: 9780826310040 and ISBN-10: 0826310044), written by authors Bernard Rudofsky, was published by University of New Mexico Press in 1987. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Criticism (Architecture, History, Vernacular) books. You can easily purchase or rent Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.67.

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In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light.

The beauty of "primitive" architecture has often been dismissed as accidental, but today we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the philosophy and practical knowledge of the untutored builders as untapped sources of inspiration for industrial man trapped in his chaotic cities.

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