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1	Modern Movements in Architecture more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $149.65! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture more books like this by Charles Jencks (Editor), Karl Kropf (Editor) add to wishlist The second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: its language, evolution and social relevance. The many crises in architecture and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised, questioned and overthrown, only ... see all copies from $42.47! new only from $47.38! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Chinese Garden: History, Art & Architecture more books like this by Maggie Keswick, Charles Jencks add to wishlist Keswick's celebrated classic affords adventurers, armchair travelers, and garden buffs alike the intimate pleasures of the Chinese garden. In these richly illustrated pages, Chinese gardens unfold as cosmic diagrams, revealing a profound and ancient view of the world and of humanity's place in it. 250 illustrations. see all copies from $23.00! new only from $27.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The New Paradigm in Architecture: The Language of Post-Modernism more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist The story of a movement that changed the face of architecture over the last 40 years of the 20th century. Starting with the counter culture of the 1960s and the call for a complex urbanism by Jane Jacobs and a complex architecture by Robert Venturi, it shows how such demands started to be realized by the 1990s in a new and complex architecture ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $46.66!
5	Garden of Cosmic Speculation more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist Telling the story of one of the most important gardens in Europe, created by the internationally celebrated architectural critic and designer Charles Jencks and his late wife, the landscape architect and author Maggie Keswick, this book looks at The Garden of Cosmic Speculation. It is a landscape that celebrates the new sciences of complexity and ... see all copies from $25.49! new only from $27.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Alas, Poor Darwin: Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology more books like this by Hilary Rose, Steven P R Rose, Charles Jencks add to wishlist This collection of essays discusses every significant aspect of Evolutionary Psychology, with contributors from the fields of biology, psychology, natural history, philosophy, and sociology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.89! \| first editions
7	Lecorbusier and the Tragic View of Architecture more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist In this comprehensive biography of Le Corbusier, a designer not only recounts the architect's life but analyzes his acclaimed buildings, including the Ronchamp Cathedral. Over 200 illustrations are included. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Iconic Building more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $5.52! new only from $10.70! \| first editions
9	Heteropolislos Angeles Riots more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist In this monograph, Charles Jencks provides a new classification for the global city of the future, for its social and architectural structure and style: the heteropolis. He views Los Angeles as the world's foremost heteropolis where all the contradictions come true. Multicultural, Third World, super rich, minoritorized, high-tech, sprawling with ... see all copies from $3.76! new only from $8.96! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Tom Kovac more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist This volume is based on the work of Australian architect Tom Kovac, whose work aims to deny architecture of planes and right angles, with few straight lines in his designs. Projects in this first monograph on the architect's work include a variety of retail, commercial and residential designs, all in Australia and the Pacific Rim. see all copies from $8.05! new only from $12.98! \| first editions
11	Architecture Today more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $6.35! new only from $39.95! \| first editions
12	Le Corbusier: And the Continual Revolution in Architecture more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist In this comprehensive biography of Le Corbusier, a designer not only recounts the architect's life but analyzes his acclaimed buildings, including the Ronchamp Cathedral. Over 200 illustrations are included. see all copies from $19.00! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
13	Critical Modernism: Where Is Post-Modernism Going What Is Post-Modernism by Charles Jencks add to wishlist After developing for thirty years as a movement in the arts, after being disputed and celebrated, Post Modernism has become an integral part of the cultural landscape. In this witty overview, Charles Jencks, the first to write a book defining the subject, argues that the movement is one more reaction from within modernism critical of its ... see all copies from $25.92! new only from $25.92!
14	Abstract representation more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $4.20! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
15	Prince, Architects & New Wave Monarchy more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.46! \| first editions
16 view cover	Charles Platt: The Artist as Architect more books like this by Keith Morgan, Charles A Jencks (Designer) add to wishlist This long-overdue reevaluation of Platt's career shows that in the first decade of this century, Platt's office was one of the New York firms that dominated the general development of American architecture, and his country houses and Georgian style mansions were regarded as the best American examples of their genre. see all copies from $27.50! new only from $42.25! \| first editions
17	New Moderns more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $5.77! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
18	Language of Post-Modern Architecture 6 more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $78.46! \| first editions
19 view cover	What Is Post-Modernism?: Fourth Edition more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist Provides a lucid exposition of Post-Modernism in art and architecture. This book clarifies a tradition that is thriving but still very much misunderstood. The reader is presented with many examples of art and architecture appropriate to Post-Modernism as well as being introduced to the history which preceded it, facilitating a much clearer ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $11.99!
20	Kings of Infinite Space: Frank Lloyd Wright & Michael Graves more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Bizarre Architecture more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $230.85! \| first editions
22	Language of Post-Modern Architecture 4 more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! new only from $39.00!
23	Post-Modernism more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $28.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
24	Towards a symbolic architecture : the thematic house more books like this by Charles Jencks add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! first editions
25	Designing a House more books like this by Charles Jencks (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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