Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movement [Paperback]

Hilde Heynen (Author), Hubert-Jan Henket (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2002 | ISBN-10: 9064504830 | ISBN-13: 978-9064504839

Decades after the Modern Movement, and the idea that better architecture would automatically lead to a better world, we are witnessing both the positive and negative effects of buildings designed or influenced by Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. This book brings together a broad range of commentary on the state of the Modern Movement today in the form of cartoons, collages, poems, essays and academic texts by 42 leading voices from the world of architecture and architectural history.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Uitgeverij 010 Publishers (August 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9064504830
• ISBN-13: 978-9064504839
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,566,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Back from Utopia, June 7, 2003

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Michael Webb (London, England > Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movement (Paperback)

A sharp-tongued polemic, Miestakes, from Rem Koolhaas on his proposal for IIT, a revaluation of Chandigarh, and another on fascist architecture in Italy are among the 42 short essays by architects and critics comprising this multi-faceted portrait of modernism-its promise, failures, and potential. Henket co-founded DoCoMoMo to document and save modern buildings world wide, and he's helped create an anthology that's generally lucid, provocative, and free of academic mumbo-jumbo. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)