Facadism

by Jonathan Richards

Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its defenders describe facadism as the way urban tradition and progress walk hand in hand.
Facadism presents a critical analysis of a concept central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415756022
• ISBN13: 9780415756020
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"