In this latest issue of
Architectural Design the guest editors are drawn, like the content, from contrasting tastes and generations. Charles Jencks, the definer of Post-Modernism for thirty years, discusses some issues that have re-emerged today, while the young group of British architects, FAT, argues for a particular version of RPM. An interview between Rem Koohaas and Charles Jencks discusses the influence of Post-Modernism while investigations of street art, graffiti and the 1980 Venice Biennale show that communication is at the heart of this radical strain of architecture.
- This issue brings together an unlikely and exciting pairing of guest-editors: internationally acclaimed critic Charles Jencks, whose name became synonymous with Post-modernism in the 80s, and the dynamic architectural group, FAT.
- Features work by: ARM, Atelier Bow Wow, Édouard François, FOA, Rem Koolhaas, John and Valerio Olgiati.
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| About the Guest-Editors |
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6 | (2) |
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| Spotlight Visual highlights of the issue |
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| Introduction |
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What is Radical Post-Modernism? |
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Post-Modernism: An Incomplete Project |
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Radical Post-Modernism and Content: Charles Jencks and Rem Koolhaas debate the issue |
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A Field Guide to Radical Post-Modernism |
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46 | (16) |
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62 | (6) |
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Virtual Corpses, Figural Sections and Resonant Fields |
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68 | (10) |
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FAT Projects: Manifesting Radical Post-Modernism |
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78 | (12) |
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90 | (8) |
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Historicism versus Communication: The Basic Debate of the 1980 Biennale |
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98 | (8) |
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Too Good to Be True: The Survival of English Everyday PoMo |
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106 | (8) |
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The True Counterfeits of Banksy: Radical Walls of Complicity and Subversion |
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114 | (8) |
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Re-Radicalising Post-Modernism |
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122 | (6) |
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Not So Radical: An American Perspective |
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Charles Jencks is an American architectural theorist, author and landscape architect. He has a BA in English Lit, BA and MA in Architecture and a PhD in Architectural History. He guest lectures on architecture in cultural institutions across the world.
