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Dettagli prodotto Copertina flessibile: 189 pagine<br>Editore: Artifice Inc, Revised edizione (1 settembre 2006)<br>Lingua: Inglese<br>ISBN-10: 1904772625<br>ISBN-13: 978-1904772620<br><br>The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project is a re-edition of an essential work by Colin St John Wilson, architect of the British Library and one of the most eminent voices in architectural theory and practice of the last 50 years. Re-edited and re-designed to Wilson's specifications, and with a new introduction by architect and writer Ellis Woodman, this indispensable title is here made available to a new readership. In The Other Tradition St John Wilson sets out to examine the underlying themes of modern architecture, assessing their impact, influence, and continuing development. Rather than positioning Modernism as a completed historical moment that occurred in the past (and that was formulated in terms of abstract theory and in no way responding to the historic role of a