{"product_id":"the-language-of-metamodern-architecture","title":"The Language of Metamodern Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Language of Metamodern Architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e is a compact polemic by Lisbon architect Paulo Martins Barata, proposing that a new architectural sensibility has quietly taken shape in Europe—one that no longer fits either side of the modern\/post-modern argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts title knowingly echoes Charles Jencks's famous account of post-modern architecture, and Martins Barata takes up the challenge that implies: to name and describe what has come after. Drawing on metamodern cultural theory, which sees contemporary culture oscillating between sincerity and irony, enthusiasm and doubt, he sets out nine points through which this sensibility can be read in the work of emerging practices. The result is a short, pointed essay that gives a name to tendencies many readers will already recognise in recent buildings, exhibitions and competition entries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA concise theoretical argument for metamodernism as a framework for contemporary architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine themes—humour, media, collage, ornament, bricolage, technology, form, ecology and ethics—used to read current work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePositions recent European practice against the long-running modern versus post-modern debate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by a practising architect and critic with a long record in architectural theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish edition from Porto publisher Circo de Ideias\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the modern\/post-modern opposition may no longer describe how architects work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow irony and sincerity can coexist in a single building or project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe renewed roles of ornament, collage and bricolage in contemporary design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow ecology and ethics are reshaping architecture's sense of purpose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA vocabulary for discussing the work of a younger generation of practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaulo Martins Barata is an architect and a founding partner of PROMONTORIO in Lisbon. He studied at the University of Lisbon, Edinburgh and ETH Zurich, and was a Fulbright visiting scholar at Columbia University. He is the author of a study of Álvaro Siza's early work, has written widely on architectural theory and criticism for journals including \u003cem\u003eArquitectura Viva\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLotus International\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDaidalos\u003c\/em\u003e, and contributes regularly on architecture to the Portuguese newspaper \u003cem\u003ePúblico\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 135 × 200 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 112\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9789893673621\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Circo de Ideias\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e architects, students and critics interested in architectural theory and the direction of contemporary practice after post-modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Circo de Ideias","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50779797717217,"sku":"9789893673621","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9789893673621.png?v=1791338680","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/the-language-of-metamodern-architecture","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}