{"product_id":"architectures-new-strangeness-a-21st-century-cult-of-peculiarity-9781951541729","title":"Architecture's New Strangeness: A 21st Century Cult of Peculiarity","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book arose from two observations: that building design in these first decades of the 21st century has come to accept and pursue some increasingly odd and disturbing trends; and that there seems to be insufficient architectural criticism that calls these trends to account. Its mission is to take up that neglected role with respect to some specific exemplars of these trends, with subjects coming primarily from the worlds of commercial and institutional architecture. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Numerous critiques of individual projects, all with hand-drawn illustrations, are presented under main headings of Obscuration, Fragmentation, Deformation, and Degradation. The book takes a somewhat acerbic tone, to distance the narrative from the rather serious and high-minded approach to written material that the subject seems prey to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oro Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951541729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150","brand":"Kenneth Moffett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138788765877,"sku":"9781951541729","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3baae86-39e8-4ebe-97c0-ad6791c00271.jpg?v=1622518277","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/architectures-new-strangeness-a-21st-century-cult-of-peculiarity-9781951541729","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}