Architecture: Choice or Fate: Travel Size Series
by Leon Krier
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Author: Leon KrierEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-25
ISBN: 1901092755
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Papadakis Publisher
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Book Review: Strange Read
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is good in some ways (thus three stars): he is attempting a long overdue challenge to Modernism. The myriad of often humorous drawings point out well the concepts he is discussing. However, the strange construction of the book makes it harder to follow. It is like Krier could not focus for a coherent thought and broke everything up into tiny snippets. There is no "essay" longer than one page. More tragic is when he attempt to wade into theory. For example, he suggests that Kant's Categorical Imperatives are some sort of guideline, that by following that notion, that we build as if what we are building is a general principle; but of course that is exactly what the Moderns thought they were doing. FINALLY, I DO NOT AT ALL RECOMMEND THE TINY TRAVEL SIZE. IT IS TOO SMALL AND IMPOSSIBLE TO READ WITHOUT A MAGNIFYING GLASS. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
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