Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld Assouline and empty rooms and vacant

and empty rooms and vacant chairs

from its founding in the early twentieth century to today

the resulting destruction is integral to the meanings of these works

Henry Plummer treats his subject with a uniquely authoritative perspective in which the words resonate with his artfully taken images

Modern Architecture and the Lifeworld Assouline and empty rooms and vacantThis well illustrated volume of essays by prominent historians, scholars, and practitioners in architecture today honors the vast and international scope of Kenneth Framptons seminal contributions to the field of contemporary architectural practice and its history. The evolution of modern architecture has been inextricably entangled in issues of politics, nationalism, and the environment, creating a tension between local context and global development