{"product_id":"primitive-jo-odgers-9780415385381","title":"Primitive: Original Matters in Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of architecture in the west, providing a convenient starting point for the many myths of architecture's origins. Since the almost legendary 1970s conference on the Primitive, with the advent of post-modernism and, in particular, post-colonialism, the word has fallen from favour in many disciplines. Despite this, architects continue to use the word to mythologize and reify the practice of simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrimitive\u003c\/em\u003e includes contributions from some of today's leading architectural commentators including Dalibor Vesely, Adrian Forty, David Leatherbarrow, Richard Weston and Richard Coyne. Structured around five sections, Negotiating Origins; Urban Myths; Questioning Colonial Constructs; Making Marks; and Primitive Futures, the essays highlight the problematic nature of ideas of the primitive, engage with contemporary debate in the field of post colonialism and respond to a burgeoning interest in the non-expert architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis now controversial subject remains, for better or worse, intrinsic to the very structure of Modernism and deeply embedded in architectural theory. Considering a broad range of approaches, this book provides a rounded past, present and future of the word primitive in the architectural sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jo Odgers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415385385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415385381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.44w x 0.89d","brand":"Jo Odgers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064909345023,"sku":"9780415385381","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_804ac1c2-e771-4eae-b7eb-5db64868f50c.jpg?v=1768671851","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/primitive-jo-odgers-9780415385381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}