THE FUNCTION OF STYLE

What is the function of style today? If the 1970s were defined by Postmodernism and the 1980s by Deconstruction, how do we character ize the architecture of the 1990s to the present? Some built forms transmit affects of curvilinearity, others of crystallinity/ some transmit multiplicity, others unity/ some transmit cellularity, others openness/ some transmit dematerialization, others weight. Do es this immense divertity reflect a lack of common purpose? In this book, acclaimed architect and theorist Farshid Moussavi argues t hat this...[Read more]