Architectural Theory of Modernism

<p><em>Architectural Theory of Modernism</em> presents an overview of the discourse on function-form concepts from the beginnings in the eighteenth century to its peak in High Modernism. Functionalist thinking and its postmodern criticism during the second half of the twentieth century is explored as well as today's functionalism in the context of systems theory sustainability digital design and the information society.</p><p>The book covers among others the theories of Carlo Lodoli Gottfried Semper Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc Louis Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright Hannes Meyer Adolf Behne CIAM Jane Jacobs Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Charles Jencks William Mitchell and Manuel Castells.</p>