Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction
"Undoubtedly, this manuscript is a voice of logic and reason against anti-architecture norms, and the destructive attitudes of their followers. I would add my voice to other reviewers of this manuscript: that it must be a mandatory reading in schools of architecture worldwide."-- Ashraf Salama, Architect and Educator, Doha, Qatar"This book is the clearest description of the state of architecture and the destructiveness of the Decon movement. We ourselves, and our understanding of basic human needs for peace and comfort, have been stolen by a non-culture."-- Konrad Perlman, Planner, Washington, DC."Step by step, the reader is taken through Derrida's description of deconstruction as a virus intended to attack and destroy structures, a definition and purpose shared by his architect disciples."-- Isaac A. Meir, Architect, Planner, and Archaeologist, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel"Less than twenty pages of text is enough to depriveDeconstructionof  the complex scientific arguments that offer its exponents scientific authority  and social approval. It is astonishing that while architecture abandons the  principles that made civilizations reach the highest building achievements, at  the same time scientific knowledge that results from a drastically improved  understanding of Nature rediscovers the quality of those traditional principles.  Whereas the most celebrated architects abuse the latest technological gadgets in  order to produce caricatures of science, mathematicians such as Nikos Salingaros  and Christopher Alexander use science to reveal the ability of traditional  architectural principles to innovate by creating humane urban environments. The  clarity of vision that characterizes books such as Anti-Architecture and  Deconstruction shows that such a future may not be so far away after  all."—N. Karydis, architect and  author, London and Athens"Anti-Architecture and  Deconstructionshould ruffle lots of feathers in the building and design  world. But I suspect it'll also fascinate many who aren't generally architecture  and urbanism fanatics... This is a stunning and deep book, as interesting for  its analyses of psychology and politics as it is for its discussions of  architecture. It's guaranteed to get the brain buzzing; what a treat too that  it's a real reading pleasure, written in a voice that's both urbane and  forceful."—Michael Blowhard, Author  and Filmmaker"Salingaros focuses on the question  of why, even in societies that often embrace the silly and the stupid, the  public still mostly prefers traditional architechture."—David Brussat,The Providence Journal--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.