30:70 : architecture as a balancing act. / txt
Architecture as a balancing act
Sergei Tchoban and Vladimir Sedov ; foreword by Bernhard Schulz ; translation and copy-editing, Tradkas GbR.
- 159 . : ill. ; col. ; 23 cm. book
- Basics 73 30 : 70 .
Translation of: 30:70 : arkhitektura kak balans sil. Includes index.
006 Foreword by Bernhard Schulz -- 011 Introduction by Sergei Tchoban -- 017 Chapter 1 The Ancient World -- 029 Chapter 2 The Middle Ages -- 047 Chapter 3 The Renaissance and Baroque -- 063 Chapter 4 Classicism and Historicism -- 077 Chapter 5 Accelerated Shifts in Style: Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism in the Early Twentieth Century -- 091 Chapter 6 The Architectural Revolution -- 101 Chapter 7 A Last Burst of Figuration: Art Deco and Totalitarian Neoclassicism -- 117 Chapter 8 The Triumph of Modernism after World War II, the Short Postmodernist Phase, and Modernism's Resurgence -- 131 Chapter 9 The Poetics of the Harmony of Contrast -- 147 Chapter 10 The 3o:7o Principle as a Balance of Power -- 156 Closing Remarks -- 158 Index --
"Never before have so many buildings been constructed as today, and never has architecture had so many technological and design possibilities at its disposal. And yet there is a sense of unease about contemporary architecture. In their book, Sergei Tchoban and Vladimir Sedov show how in modern times we have lost the balance between outstanding works of architecture and the background structures that surround them, with every building striving to assert itself in relation to all the others - to drown them out if it can. Yet the modern age is certainly capable of developing a harmony of contrasts - it has everything it needs at its disposal. After taking the reader on a foray through 2,500 years of architectural history, the authors arrive at the anomaly of modernism. They show what contemporary architecture must take into account if it is to achieve a satisfactory overall architectural impression that is harmonious in an entirely new way"--Back cover.