{"product_id":"primitive-1","title":"Primitive","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of architecture in the west, providing a convenient starting point for the many myths of architecture's origins. Since the almost legendary 1970s conference on the Primitive, with the advent of post-modernism and, in particular, post-colonialism, the word has fallen from favour in many disciplines. Despite this, architects continue to use the word to mythologize and reify the practice of simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrimitive\u003c\/em\u003e includes contributions from some of today’s leading architectural commentators including Dalibor Vesely, Adrian Forty, David Leatherbarrow, Richard Weston and Richard Coyne. Structured around five sections, Negotiating Origins; Urban Myths; Questioning Colonial Constructs; Making Marks; and Primitive Futures, the essays highlight the problematic nature of ideas of the primitive, engage with contemporary debate in the field of post colonialism and respond to a burgeoning interest in the non-expert architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis now controversial subject remains, for better or worse, intrinsic to the very structure of Modernism and deeply embedded in architectural theory. Considering a broad range of approaches, this book provides a rounded past, present and future of the word primitive in the architectural sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233620709720,"sku":"9780415385398","price":84.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415385398.jpg?v=1769064346","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/primitive-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}