A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture, 1960-2010. Edited by Elie G. Haddad with David Rifkind

1960, following as it did the last CIAM meeting, signalled a turning point for the Modern Movement. From then on, architecture was influenced by seminal texts by Aldo Rossi and Robert Venturi, and gave rise to the first revisionary movement following Modernism. Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of the developments in architecture from 1960 to 2010. It consists of two parts: the first section providing a presentation of major movements in architecture after 1960, and the second, a geographic survey that covers a wide range of territories around the world. This book not only reflects the different perspectives of its various authors, but also charts a middle course between the 'aesthetic' histories that examine architecture solely in terms of its formal aspects, and the more 'ideological' histories that subject it to a critique that often skirts the discussion of its formal aspects. List of Illustrations ix Introduction: Modernism and Beyond: The Plurality of Contemporary Architectures 1 Elie G. Haddad and David Rifkind PART I Major Developments after Modernism 1 Modern (or Contemporary) Architecture circa 1959 9 Peter L. Laurence 2 Post-Modernism: Critique and Reaction 31 David Rifkind 3 High-Tech: Modernism Redux 51 Sarah Deyong 4 Deconstruction: The Project of Radical Self-Criticism 69 Elie G. Haddad 5 Greening Architecture: The Impact of Sustainability 91 Phillip Tabb 6 Postcolonial Theories in Architecture 115 Esra Akcan PART II Archit ect ura l Developm ents around the World 7 Architecture in North America since 1960 139 Brendan Moran 8 Architectural Developments in Latin America: 1960-2010 163 Zeuler R.M. de A. Lima 9 The Place of Commonplace: The Ordinary as Alternative Architectural Lens in Western Europe 189 Tom Avermaete 10 Dutch Modern Architecture: From an Architecture of Consensus to the Culture of Congestion 207 Frances Hsu 11 Metaphorical Peripheries: Architecture in Spain and Portugal 225 Xavier Costa 12 Architecture in Switzerland: A Natural History 239 Laurent Stalder 13 Architecture in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union since 1960 255 Kimberly Elman Zarecor 14 Finland: Architecture and Cultural Identity 275 Taisto H. Mäkelä 15 Architecture in Africa: Situated Modern and the Production of Locality 291 Iain Low 16 Global Conflict and Global Glitter: Architecture of West Asia (1960-2010) 311 Esra Akcan 17 Old Sites, New Frontiers: Modern and Contemporary Architecture in Iran 339 Pamela Karimi 18 Beyond Tropical Regionalism: The Architecture of Southeast Asia 359 Kelly Shannon 19 Internationalism and Architecture in India after Nehru 379 Amit Srivastava and Peter Scriver 20 Architecture in China in the Reform Era: 1978–2010 401 Tao Zhu 21 Architecture in Post-World War II Japan 419 Ken Tadashi Oshima 22 Edge of Centre: Architecture in Australia and New Zealand after 1965 437 Philip Goad Index 461 "This book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of the developments in architecture from 1960 to 2010. The first section provides a presentation of major movements in architecture after 1960, and the second, a geographic survey that covers a wide range of territories around the world. This book not only reflects the different perspectives of its various authors, but also charts a middle course between the 'aesthetic' histories that examine architecture solely in terms of its formal aspects, and the more 'ideological' histories that subject it to a critique that often skirts the discussion of its formal aspects."-- Résumé de l'éditeur