| Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture | |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Theory and History of Architecture |
| Publisher: | Wily |
| Pub Date: | 1997 to date |
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture is a book by historian and architectural theorist Charles Jencks[1] who is well known for his contribution in post-modernism discourse. Jencks as the first architectural historian who claimed for the death of modernism,[2] here shows how post-modern architecture have developed its fundamental theories.[3]
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture as an anthology of architectural theories consists of over 120 major theories and manifestoes that have been proposed since 1950's.[4] The book was originally published in 1997, and then the second edition of it in 2006 by : Wiley-Academy. Dividing into six sections of Post-Modern, Post-Modern Ecology, Traditional, Late Modern, New Modern, Complexity and Chaos theory, it has covered all the main issues have been discussed the years 1955–2005 in architectural theory.[5]