Mediating modernism : architectural cultures in Britain - Higgott, Andrew (London : Routledge, 2006)
Introduction -- Making it new: the discourses of architecture and modernism in Britain -- The mission of modernism: James Richards and the architectural review -- The forgetting of art: the Abercrombie plan for post-war London -- The shift to the specific: the new interpretation of materiality in brutalism and the functional tradition -- The opposite of architecture: archigram and architectural design in the sixties -- Searching for the subject: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association School -- Architecture as discourse: rethinking the culture of architecture
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Architectural criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy; Architecture -- Great Britain -- 20th century