Critiquing the Modern in Architecture

2017 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

Written over four decades, Critiquing the Modern in Architecture is a collection of essays exploring the ideological and metaphysical core of modern architecture. Author Jaimini Mehta moves architectural modernism from its primarily Eurocentric definition, interrogating the subject from the perspective on a non-western thought-world. Mehta groups his essays under three key themes: "Rethinking Modernity" explores the ideological underpinnings of the modernity/modernism binary; "The Idea of Architecture" looks at a number of issues that constitute the timeless and the invariable aspects of architecture against which the prevalent modernist discourse can be critically evaluated; and "On Praxis" looks at three contemporary architects work and at one recent representation of the 16th century Indian site Fatehpur Sikri. Providing a new view of the modern in architecture, this book is critical reading for architectural theorists and scholars of modernism.

Jaimini Mehta (Author)