01546cam a22002775a 4500 015813456 EG-ScBUE 20221113025817.0 110516s2011 enka f b 001 0 eng d 9780470688953 (pbk.) 0470688955 (pbk.) StDuBDS eng rda StDuBDS Uk EG-ScBUE 724.6 JEN 22 Jencks, Charles, author. The story of post-modernism : five decades of the ironic, iconic and critical in architecture / Charles Jencks. Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2011. 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Post-modernism resurgent? -- The perfect storm of post-modernism -- Searching for difference, finding commonality -- Towards a critical modernism -- Complexity and nature's ornament -- The coming of the cosmic icons. In The story of post-modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on post-modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of post-modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking the narrative into seven distinct chapters, which are both chronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow of the movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes. Architecture, Postmodern. BUEsh BUEsh ENGARC October2016 Reading book 34232 ddc BB 22669 22641 0 0 ddc 0 0 Academic MAIN MAIN 2ND 2016-10-17 Purchase 378.00 9122 3 1 724.6 JEN 000034158 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2020-11-23 472.50 2016-10-17 BB