History of architecture understood as a logical consequence of the successive stages of the development of architecture is one thing, and the history of architecture understood as a record of the stages of this development is something completely different, and that's because the architecture is created by architects and architectural history is written by critics. The architecture is formed in such a way that the first is the concept, and then the architects, more or less consciously, looking for appropriate means of expression and create new works. The history of architecture is formed in the opposite way - first, are the works, then the critics find in them a common denominator, identify the sources of inspiration, create theories and classifications.
Architecture is the facts, the history of architecture is always an interpretation of facts.
Our short history of twentieth century architecture is divided into six parts:
MODERN ARCHITECTURE
from first to the second Chicago school, history of classical and late modernism and other directions developing in parallel with modernism (monographic pages CHICAGO SCHOOL, AMSTERDAM SCHOOL, BAUHAUS, INTERNATIONAL STYLE, PRAIRE STYLE)
ART-DECO (STREAMLINE, NAPIER)
monographic pages about expressionist alternative to modern architeture
POSTMODERN ARCHITECTURE
discusses the birth of postmodern architectural trash as "fairy tale for adults"...
HIGH-TECH
DECONSTRUCTIONISM
CRITICAL REGIONALISM
including the growing phenomenon of anti-postmodern continuation of modernism.
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