Architecture and modernity
Subtitle: a critique
By: Hilde Heynen.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Architecture, Modern -- 20th century; Architecture and society -- History -- 20th century; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century -- Influence
Description: In this exploration of the relationship between modernity, dwelling, and architecture, Hilde Heynen attempts to bridge the gap between the discourse of the modern movement and cultural theories of modernity. On one hand, she discusses architecture from the perspective of critical theory, and on the other she modifies positions within critical theory by linking them with architecture.

She assesses architecture as a cultural field that structures daily life and that embodies major contradictions inherent in modernity, arguing that architecture nonetheless has a certain capacity to adopt a critical stance vis-a-vis modernity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-259) and index.