Primitive: Original Matters in Architecture - Routledge

This innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive. The word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of ... Enlarge Download SAVE£11.80 Enlarge Download SAVE£30.00 Enlarge Download SAVE£11.80 1stEdition Primitive OriginalMattersinArchitecture EditedByJoOdgers,FloraSamuel,AdamSharr CopyrightYear2007 Paperback £47.19 Hardback £120.00 eBook £47.19 Anyrelevantsalestaxwillbeappliedduringthecheckoutprocess. ISBN9780415385398 Published August16,2006 by Routledge 304Pages ISBN9780415385381 Published August18,2006 by Routledge 304Pages ISBN9780203967447 Published September27,2006 by Routledge 304Pages RequestInspectionCopy AvailableonTaylor&FranciseBooks AvailableonTaylor&FranciseBooks AvailableonTaylor&FranciseBooks Previewthistitle Previewthistitle Format Paperback Hardback VitalSourceeBook Quantity   SAVE£11.80 oneach was£58.99 GBP£47.19   SAVE£30.00 oneach was£150.00 GBP£120.00 WhatareVitalSourceeBooks? 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Thewordprimitiveisfundamentaltothedisciplineofarchitectureinthewest,providingaconvenientstartingpointforthemanymythsofarchitecture'sorigins.Sincethealmostlegendary1970sconferenceonthePrimitive,withtheadventofpost-modernismand,inparticular,post-colonialism,thewordhasfallenfromfavourinmanydisciplines.Despitethis,architectscontinuetousethewordtomythologizeandreifythepracticeofsimplicity. Primitiveincludescontributionsfromsomeoftoday’sleadingarchitecturalcommentatorsincludingDaliborVesely,AdrianForty,DavidLeatherbarrow,RichardWestonandRichardCoyne.Structuredaroundfivesections,NegotiatingOrigins;UrbanMyths;QuestioningColonialConstructs;MakingMarks;andPrimitiveFutures,theessayshighlighttheproblematicnatureofideasoftheprimitive,engagewithcontemporarydebateinthefieldofpostcolonialismandrespondtoaburgeoninginterestinthenon-expertarchitecture. Thisnowcontroversialsubjectremains,forbetterorworse,intrinsictotheverystructureofModernismanddeeplyembeddedinarchitecturaltheory.Consideringabroadrangeofapproaches,thisbookprovidesaroundedpast,presentandfutureofthewordprimitiveinthearchitecturalsphere. TableofContents PartI:OriginalMatters 1.Primitive:TheWordandConceptAdrianForty PartII:NegotiatingOrigins 2.ThePrimitiveasModernProblem:InventionandCrisisDaliborVesely 3.OriginsRedefined:ATaleofPigsandPrimitiveHutsMariHvattum 4.ThePrimitiveHut:FantasiesofSurvivalinanAllWhiteWorldLorensHolm 5.Semper'sPrimitiveHut:Dureation,ConstructionandSelf-CreationJonathanHale 6.MineralMatters:FormationandTransformationRichardWeston PartIII:QuestioningColonialConstructs 7.Post-ColonizingthePrimitiveFelipeHernandezandLeaKnudsonAllen 8.NotesforanAlternativeHistoryofthePrimitiveHutStephenCairns 9.Reinventing'Primitiveness':HenriLacosteandtheBelgianCongoPavilionatthe1931ColonialExpositioninParisJohanLagae 10.TheRadicalisationofthePrimitiveinBrazilianModernismStylianePhillipou 11.TheNeedtobeCriticalRobertBrown PartIV:UrbanMyths 12.PracticallyPrimitiveDavidLeatherbarrow 13.GiantsandColumnsNickTemple 14.TheEmblematicCity:JohnWoodandtheRefoundingofBathJoOdgers 15.AlvarAaltoandthePrimitiveSuburbHarryCharrington 16.MetaphoricalManhattan:ParadiseLostLornaMcNeur PartV:MakingMarks 17.ThePerceptionofSelf-NavigationintheSpaceofEmptiness:ThePrimitiveinTadaoAndo'sArchitectureJinBaek 18.The'Primitive'Surface:Carving,Modelling,MarkingandTransformationStephenKite 19.TheModernDayPrimitiveHut?'SelfBuilding'withJung,AaltoandLeCorbusierFloraSamuelandSarahMenin 20.TheWisdomoftheSandsSimonUnwin PartVI:PrimitiveFutures? 21.DigitalCommerceandthePrimitiveRootsofArchitecturalConsumptionRichardCoyne 22.ThePrimitiveandtheEveryday:SergisonBates,LefebvreandtheGuiltofArchitecturalExpertiseAdamSharr 23.HeartofDarkness:AirofComfortHelenMallinson 24.Primitive:FromwhichConstructionBeginsPeterSalter 25.UnitedCulturesofBritainC.J.Lim ... ViewMore ViewLess Editor(s) Biography JoOdgersisanarchitectandlecturerattheWelshSchoolofArchitecture,CardiffUniversity.Shepreviouslyworkedinarchitecturalpracticefor15years.SheiscurrentlyworkingonthearchitectureandwritingsofJohnWoodofBathinrelationtothetraditionofOccultPhilosophy.SheisAssociateEditorofarq(CambridgeUniversityPress).Hernextproject(withFloraSamuel)isabookentitledFacades. FloraSamuelisanarchitectandseniorlecturerattheWelshSchoolofArchitecture,CardiffUniversity.Co-author,withSarahMenin,ofNatureandSpace:AaltoandLeCorbusierandauthorofLeCorbusier:ArchitectandFeministsheiscurrentlywritingLeCorbusierinDetailasaLeverhulmeFellow.ShehasaparticularinterestinthenarrativesimplicitwithintheconstructionofbuildingsandwasoneoftheoriginalinitiatorsofthePrimitiveconferencefromwhichthisbookhasevolved. AdamSharrisalecturerattheWelshSchoolofArchitectureandprincipalofAdamSharrArchitects,basedinCardiff.HisbookHeidegger’sHutwillbepublishedbyTheMITPressin2006.HeisAssociateEditorofarq(CambridgeUniversityPress),editorofmadeandJointSecretaryofAHRA(ArchitecturalHumanitiesResearchAssociation).       RelatedSubjects TheoryofArchitecture ArchitecturalHistory Weusecookiestoimproveyourwebsiteexperience.Tolearnhowtomanageyourcookiesettings,pleaseseeourCookiePolicy.Bycontinuingtousethewebsite,youconsenttoouruseofcookies. Accept Thecountryyouhaveselectedwillresultinthefollowing: Productpricingwillbeadjustedtomatchthecorrespondingcurrency. Thetitle willberemovedfromyourcartbecauseitisnotavailableinthisregion. Continue Cancel