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A provocative case for historical ambiguity in architecture by one of the field's leading theoristsConceptions of modernity in architecture are often expressed in the idea of the zeitgeist, or "spirit of the age," an attitude toward architectural form that is embedded in a belief in progressive time. Lateness explores how architecture can work against these linear currents in startling and compelling ways. In this incisive book, internationally renowned architect Peter Eisenman, with Elisa Iturbe, proposes a different perspective on form and time in architecture, one that circumvents the temporal constraints on style that require it to be "of the times"—lateness. He focuses on three twentieth-century architects who exhibited the qualities of lateness in their designs: Adolf Loos, Aldo Rossi, and John Hejduk. Drawing on the critical theory of Theodor Adorno and his study of Beethoven's final works, Eisenman shows how the architecture of these canonical figures was temporally out of sync with conventions and expectations, and how lateness can serve as a form of release from the restraints of the moment.Bringing together architecture, music, and philosophy, and drawing on illuminating examples from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, Lateness demonstrates how today's architecture can use the concept of lateness to break free of stylistic limitations, expand architecture's critical capacity, and provide a new mode of analysis.

Architecture, Modern. --- Loos, Adolf, --- Rossi, Aldo, --- Hejduk, John, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Dialectic of Enlightenment. --- Five Architects. --- Frankfurt School. --- From Formalism to Weak Form. --- Giuseppe Terragni. --- Looshaus. --- Minima Moralia. --- Negative Dialectics. --- New York Five. --- Ornament and Crime. --- San Cataldo Cemetery. --- Shadow-Makers. --- Spoken into the Void. --- Stefano Corbo. --- Stephen Kite. --- Ten Canonical Buildings. --- The Architecture of the City. --- architectural history. --- architectural theory. --- critical theory. --- deconstructionist architects. --- deconstructionist architecture. --- modernist architects. --- modernist architecture. --- ornamentation. --- raumplan.

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The story of modernist architects in East Central Europe. The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of modernist architects. Brokers of Modernity reveals how East Central Europe turned into one of the pre-eminent testing grounds of the new belief system of modernism. By combining the internationalism of the CIAM organization and the modernising aspirations of the new states built after 1918, the reach of modernist architects extended far beyond their established fields. Yet, these architects paid a price when Europe's age of extremes intensified. Mainly drawing on Polish, but also wider Central and Eastern European cases, this book delivers a pioneering study of the dynamics of modernist architects as a group, including how they became qualified, how they organized, communicated and attempted to live the modernist lifestyle themselves. In doing so, Brokers of Modernity raises questions concerning collective work in general and also invites us to examine the social role of architects today.

Art styles --- Architecture --- Modernist --- architects --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1920-1929 --- anno 1930-1939 --- anno 1940-1949 --- Eastern and Central Europe --- 930.85.60 --- 72.036 <4> --- Modern movement (Architecture) --- Academic collection --- 72.037 --- Architectuur ; Centraal-Europa ; Oost-Europa ; 20ste eeuw --- Modernisme --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Modernism (Architecture) --- Modernist architecture --- Architecture, Modern --- International style (Architecture) --- 72.036 <4> Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw--Europa --- Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw--Europa --- 930.85.60 Cultuurgeschiedenis: 20ste eeuw --- Cultuurgeschiedenis: 20ste eeuw --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 --- Design and construction --- modernism --- architecture --- urbanism --- modernist architects --- East Central Europe