儘管在80年待早期，Postmodernists 轟轟烈烈地宣告現代主義已經死亡，但其實際語彙也僅限於對現代主義建築既有的碎片的拼湊，以及用府淺的歷史主義四處貼示。這不能算是根本性的批判，而僅僅是表面上的改變。相反的，現代主義大師 (特別是柯比意和萊特)的創造改變了設計的空間的剖析方法，病對此方法的(所謂)病對此方法的(所謂)深層結構進行根本的重組。 ~ Modern Architecture Since 1900, by William J. R. Curtis 20世紀世界建築史 ，p.687
柯比意 (1923 論永恆的品質)：建築和變化無常的風格無關。~ 同上書，p.690
中文本 20世紀世界建築史
北京：中國建築工業出版社，2011，180 rrmb
- Paperback: 736 頁
- 出版商：Phaidon Press； 3 版本 (1996年6月27日)
- 語言： English
- ISBN-10: 0714833568
- ISBN-13: 978-0714833569
Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Worldwide in scope, it combines a clear historical outline with masterly analysis and interpretation. Technical, economic, social and intellectual developments are brought together in a comprehensive narrative which provides a setting for the detailed examination of buildings. Throughout the book the author's focus is on the individual architect, and on the qualities that give outstanding buildings their lasting value.
For the third edition, the text has been radically revised and expanded, incorporating much new material and a fresh appreciation of regional identity and variety. Seven chapters are entirely new, including expanded coverage of recent world architecture.
Described by James Ackerman of Harvard University as "immeasurably the finest work covering this field in existence", this book presents a penetrating analysis of the modern tradition and its origins, tracing the creative interaction between old and new that has generated such an astonishing richness of architectural forms across the world and throughout the century.
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William J. R. Curtis (born 21 March 1948, in Birchington, Kent, England) is an architectural historian[1][2] whose writings have focused on twentieth century architecture. Curtis seems particularly interested in broadening the "canon" to include a wider range of architects working across the world.
Curtis was educated at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London (First Class Honors, 1970), and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1975). He has taught history and theory of architecture in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Curtis's most important work is Modern Architecture Since 1900, first published in 1982, and now in its third edition (1996). This book won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain in 1984. The third edition was awarded the architecture book prize of the American Institute of Architects in 1997. In 2006 the Museum of Finnish Architecture awarded Curtis its Commemoration Medal of Foundation on the occasion of the museum's 50th anniversary.
Curtis has created some of his own art which has been exhibited at Harvard.[2] He currently lives in southwestern France.[3]
Writings[edit]
- Curtis, William J. R., and Sekler, Eduard F. [1978], Le Corbusier at Work: The Genesis of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1978, ISBN 0-674-52059-9
- Curtis, William J. R. [1982], Modern Architecture Since 1900 Phaidon Press, Oxford 1982; Prentice-Hall, Englewood NJ 1982; second edition 1987, third edition Phaidon, Oxford 1996, ISBN 0-7148-3524-2
- Curtis, William J. R. [1986], Le Corbusier: Ideas and Forms, Phaidon, Oxford 1986, ISBN 0-7148-2387-2, Rizzoli, New York 1986, ISBN 0-8478-0726-6
- Curtis, William J. R. [1988], Balkrishna Doshi: An Architecture for India, Rizzoli, New York 1988, ISBN 0-8478-0937-4
- Curtis, William J. R. [1994], Denys Lasdun: Architecture, City, Landscape, Phaidon Press, London 1994, ISBN 0-7148-2871-8
- Curtis, William J. R. [2001], Abstractions in Space: Tadao Ando, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra Pulitzer Foundation, St. Louis
- Curtis, William J. R. [2004], Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon: Obra Completa/Complete Works, Arquine, Reverte, Mexico
- Curtis, William J. R. [2004], Barcelona 1992-2004, Gustavo Gili, Barcelona
- Curtis, William J. R. [2004], RCR Aranda, Pigem, Vilalta Arquitectes, Gustavo Gili, Barcelona.
References[edit]
- ^ Gapp, Paul (2 April 1987). "IDEAS, HISTORY, EVEN PORNOGRAPHY FILL NEW BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE". Chicago Tribune. p. 9. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ a b Gewertz, Ken (24 July 2004). "Late bloomer". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ 361 degrees (2014) William J R Curtis, Architecture Critic, France
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