Advance uncorrected proof of Panayotis Tournikiotis’s foundational text in architectural theory and historiography, positing that modern architecture is not just built, but is ‘written’ into existence through competing historical narratives. Published by MIT Press and issued prior to the release of the hardcover first edition in July, 1999. The architectural historians whose works are parsed include Nikolaus Pevsner, Emil Kaufmann, Siegfried Giedion, Bruno Zevi, Leonardo Benevolo, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Reyner Banham, Peter Collins, and Manfredo Tafuri. 8vo (7” x 9”), printed wrappers, 333 pages. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities.
Advance uncorrected proof of Panayotis Tournikiotis’s foundational text in architectural theory and historiography, positing that modern architecture is not just built, but is ‘written’ into existence through competing historical narratives. Published by MIT Press and issued prior to the release of the hardcover first edition in July, 1999. The architectural historians whose works are parsed include Nikolaus Pevsner, Emil Kaufmann, Siegfried Giedion, Bruno Zevi, Leonardo Benevolo, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Reyner Banham, Peter Collins, and Manfredo Tafuri. 8vo (7” x 9”), printed wrappers, 333 pages. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities.
