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Back to the Future: The History of Architecture Since 1889

Lecturer: Cohen, J.L. · Eigen, E. · Forty, A. · Ibelings, H. · Leeuwen, T. A.P. van
Faculty:Architecture
Type:lecture
Date:2012-04-17
Publisher: Delft University of Technology
Source:The Berlage, Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design
Duration:1:46:21
Keywords: Jean-Louis Cohen, Edward Eigen, Adrian Forty, Hans Ibelings, Thomas A. P. van Leeuwen · The Berlage lezingen
Rights: (c) Delft University of Technology · Creative Commons BY

Abstract

This roundtable discussion, organized in collaboration with the Phaidon Press, marks the recent release of Jean-Louis Cohen's The Future of Architecture Since 1889. This event brings together architectural historians to discuss this new comprehensive history of architecture as well as the writing of architectural historiography in general. Participants will include Jean-Louis Cohen, Edward Eigen, Adrian Forty, Hans Ibelings, and Thomas A. P. van Leeuwen.

About the book
Truly far-ranging—both conceptually and geographically—The Future of Architecture Since 1889 is a rich, compelling history that will shape future thinking about this period for years to come. Jean-Louis Cohen, one of today’s most distinguished architectural historians and critics, gives an authoritative and compelling account of the twentieth century, tracing an arc from industrialization through computerization, and linking architecture to developments in art, technology, urbanism and critical theory. Encompassing both well-known masters and previously neglected but significant architects, this book also reflects Cohen’s deep knowledge architecture across the globe, and in places such Eastern Europe and colonial Africa and South America that have rarely been included in histories of this period.

This comprehensive history is richly illustrated not only with buildings, projects and plans, but also with publications, portraits, paintings, diagrams, film stills, and exhibitions, showing the immense diversity of architectural thought and production throughout the twentieth century.

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