{"product_id":"reckoning-with-colin-rowe-emmanuel-petit-9780415741545","title":"Reckoning with Colin Rowe: Ten Architects Take Position","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the first half of the 20th century in architecture was, to a large extent, characterized by innovations in aesthetics (accompanied by succinct and polemical manifestoes), the post-war decades saw emerge a more refined and intellectual disciplinary framework that eventually metamorphosed into the highly theory-focused moment of the 'postmodern'. Colin Frederick Rowe (1920 - 1999) was a leader of this epistemic shift due to his aptitude to connect his historical and philosophical erudition to the visual analysis of architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book unites ten different perspectives from architects whose lives and ideas intersected with Rowe's, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobert Maxwell\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnthony Vidler\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeter Eisenman\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eO. Mathias Ungers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLéon Krier\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRem Koolhaas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlan Colquhoun\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobert Slutzky\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBernhard Hoesli\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBernard Tschumi\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWith an introduction by Emmanuel Petit and a postscript by Jonah Rowen\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their critical assessment of a key 20th century formalist, these renowned architects reflect on how their own positions came to diverge from Rowe's. \u003ci\u003eReckoning with Colin Rowe \u003c\/i\u003eis a thought-provoking discussion of key schools, places, concepts and people of architectural theory since the post-war years, illustrated with over forty beautiful black and white drawings and photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emmanuel Petit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415741548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415741545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Emmanuel Petit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064953680127,"sku":"9780415741545","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdcbc08c-5ce3-48f3-a1e3-2b19ce39ca02.jpg?v=1768672150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reckoning-with-colin-rowe-emmanuel-petit-9780415741545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}