Noever, Peter., 1941

Architecture in Transition : Between Deconstruction and New Modernism / Peter Noever ; assisted by Regina Haslinger ; introduction by Alois Martin Müller ; contributions by Coop Himmelblau [and others] ; [translations by Eileen Martin and Abigail Ryan]. - English edition - Munich : Prestel, 1991. - 157 pages : Color illustration ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references. Published simultaneously in German.

On architecture today / Peter Noever Terra nova / Lebbeus Woods Event architecture / Bernard Tschumi Epilogue / Philip Johnson. Nineteen millennial mantras / Michael Sorkin Projects, competitions, buildings, 1980-1990 / Jean Nouvel Connected isolation / Morphosis (Thom Mayne) tOn the edge / Coop Himmelblau (Wolf D. Prix) Strong form, weak form / Peter Eisenman Recent work / Zaha Hadid The dialectic of modernism / Alois Martin Müller Between the lines / Daniel Libeskind

Architects with an international reputation were invited by the Austrian Museum of Applied Art in Vienna to give lectures that would illustrate in words and in works the broad spectrum and the potential of Deconstructivism as a new direction. The collected lectures are published here for the first time.

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Architecture, Modern--20th century.
Architecture, Modern.