The Architecture of Influence: The Myth of Originality in the Twentieth Century

by Amanda Reeser Lawrence

How do we create the new from the old? The Architecture of Influence explores this fundamental question by analyzing a broad swath of twentieth-century architectural works--including some of the best-known examples of the architectural canon, modern and postmodern--through the lens of influence. The book serves as both a critique of the discipline's long-standing focus on "genius" and a celebration of the creative act of revisioning and reimagining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813950589
• ISBN13: 9780813950587
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.1"