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Architecture without architects : a short introduction to non-pedigreed architecture / Bernard Rudofsky

by Bernard Rudofsky

An examination of communal and vernacular architecture created by non-specialists throughout history. The text explores global examples such as underground towns and prehistoric sites, presenting building as a universal phenomenon shaped by collective human experience.

Accession 11514 ISBN 0826310044 Publisher University of New Mexico Press
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In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture--architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light.The beauty of "primitive" architecture has often been dismissed as accidental, but today we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the philosophy and practical knowledge of the untutored builders as untapped sources of inspiration for industrial man trapped in his chaotic cities. The book accompanied an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 9, 1964-Feb. 7, 1965.

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