Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
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A landmark work of architectural criticism, this book challenges the pursuit of purity, simplicity, and rigid functionalism that shaped much of modern design. Drawing on historical examples and architectural analysis, it advocates for buildings that embrace ambiguity, complexity, contradiction, and the richness of competing meanings. Written from the perspective of a practicing architect, the book offers a provocative theoretical framework that reshaped debates about modernism and continues to influence architectural thought and practice.
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Museum of Modern Art
Published Jan 1, 1977
132 pages
ISBN: 9780870702822
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First Published
1966
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eng
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