{"product_id":"differences-topographies-of-contemporary-architecture-paperback","title":"Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIgnasi De Sola-Morales\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGraham Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDifferences brings together ten essays written over the past decade by the distinguished Spanish architect and theorist Ignasi de Solà-Morales. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDifferences\u003c\/i\u003e brings together ten essays written over the past decade by the distinguished Spanish architect and theorist Ignasi de Sola-Morales. Many of the essays have never previously been translated, and the author has provided a new introduction especially for this English edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemplating the panorama of contemporary art and architecture, de Sola-Morales posits that there is no one way to describe today's practice; instead he concentrates on elucidating the present dynamic of contrast, diversity, and tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unorthodox pairing, de Sola-Morales derives his inspiration from both phenomenology and Deleuzean poststructuralism. Combining these philosophical inheritances allows him to reinvoke the human subject without referring to classical humanism or announcing the death of the object. His retrospective review of the disciplines of art and architecture, particularly as they have developed since World War II, provokes him to design, draft, and ultimately build a description of Modernism s lineage of subjectivity. The result is a provocative construction of fluid \"topographies\" that articulate, rather than depict, the shaky ground on which our current artistic and architectural production rests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essays\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSado-masochism: Criticism and Architectural Practice. Topographies of Contemporary Architecture. Mies van der Rohe and Minimalism. Architecture and Existentialism. Weak Architecture. From Autonomy to Untimeliness. Place: Permanence or Production. Difference and Limit: Individualism in Contemporary Architecture. High-Tech: Functionalism or Rhetoric. The Work of Architecture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Thompson is a Senior Lecturers in Sociology at Britain's Open University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7.96 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52415183061299,"sku":"9780262540858","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a29YWDFMQlJuNUNhL0lZbW9mcDA2UT09.webp?v=1758394230","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/differences-topographies-of-contemporary-architecture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}