TY - BOOK AU - Garcia,Cruz AU - Frankowski,Nathalie ED - WAI Architecture Think Tank. TI - Narrative architecture: a kynical manifesto. SN - 9789462085244 AV - NA682.M63 G37 2019 U1 - 724.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Rotterdam PB - Nai010 Publishers KW - Architecture, Modern KW - 20th century KW - Modern movement (Architecture) KW - Visionary architecture KW - Architecture KW - Political aspects KW - Critical theory KW - fast N1 - "WAI Architecture Think Tank."; Includes bibliographical references; A sort of introduction to this kynical manifesto -- Part I: Ideology -- Modernism -- Plans -- Media -- Icon (oclast) -- Part II: Cynicism -- Aprés-garde -- 1956 -- Lessons -- Part III: Kynicism -- Narrative-- Unmaskings -- Postscript -- Appendix: Kynical Conclusions -- The beautiful ceremony -- Post-Colonial Prose -- N2 - Narrative Architecture' reveals a stream of remarkable architectural and urban visions in the twentieth century that culminated in the construction of one of the most powerful, misunderstood and underutilized weapons of architectural and urban critique, thinking and representation. This historical genealogy in three parts weaves inseparable modern architecture and narrative critique through never before seen images of half a century of utopian, heroic, commercial, ironic and critical projects by Le Corbusier, Team 10, Constant, Victor Gruen, Yona Friedman, Archizoom, Superstudio and Rem Koolhaas. Alluding to Diogenes, the ancient kynic who wandered with a lantern in search of an honest man, through narrative, archival and provocative images and texts, the book lays the groundwork in search of an honest architecture able to question the pressing challenges of our times ER -