#books #architecture | Architecture's new strangeness : a 21st century cult of peculiarity

Architecture's new strangeness : a 21st century cult of peculiarity / Kenneth M. Moffett.
[Novato, CA] : ORO Editions, 2022.
114 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Filosofía / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781951541729
Cita APA-7: Moffett, Kenneth Moffett (2022). Architecture's new strangeness : a 21st century cult of peculiarity. ORO Editions.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.01 ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1323245052

[.en] This book arose from two observations: that building design in the first decades of the 21st century accepts and pursues some increasingly odd and disturbing trends; and that there seems to be insufficient architectural criticism that calls these trends to account. Several factors appear to be behind these trends. Remarkable advances in the power of computer programming, permitting the simulation, manipulation and documentation of complex and continuously varying surfaces and volumes are surely one factor, opening the door to design opportunities that are unprecedented and have thus not stood the test of time. Another powerful factor would be the combination of wealth polarisation and the growing influence in the modern world of authoritarian regimes. The latter have the power to unilaterally call for huge projects of untested design merits. Also the proliferation of the ultra-rich in the modern world -oligarchs, sheiks, emperors of tech- has likewise facilitated the proliferation of often bizarre architecture that serves ego far more than the marketplace.