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Budování Dystopie je nepochybně nejvíce normativně laděná práce renomovaného britského historika architektury Jamese Stevense Curla. Předkládá komplexní dějiny architektury 20. století a přináší neidealizovaný pohled na vývoj západní architektury od roku 1918 až do současnosti. Přibližuje modernistickou revoluci a některé její devastující dopady na stavební kulturu posledních desetiletí, životní prostředí a tvář mnoha dnešních měst. Rozebírá rovněž neblahé účinky špatné architektury na psychiku lidí, kteří jsou nuceni v ní žít. Autor...

In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the present day. Drawing on a wealth of sources, his pioneering and definitive work analyzes the remarkable and persistent influence of Ancient Egyptian culture on the West.

The author deftly develops his argument that the civilization of Ancient Egypt is central, rather than peripheral, to the development of much of Western architecture,...

Professor Curl's survey is an account of the ways in which artists, and especially architects, have brought Egyptian forms and images into the public eye.

Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of hundreds of architects from history (excluding living persons), from Sir Francis Bacon and Imhotep to Liang Ssu-ch'eng and Francis Inigo Thomas. The text is complemented by over 260 beautiful and meticulous line drawings, labelled cross-sections, and diagrams. These include precise drawings of typical building features, making it easy for readers to...

In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption...