Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

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In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outdoor the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture–architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a complete folks with a common heritage, acting within a community revel in. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators at the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of individuals are a number of the unexpected phenomena he brings to light.

The great thing about “primitive” architecture has regularly been dismissed as accidental, but as of late we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the philosophy and practical knowledge of the untutored builders as untapped sources of inspiration for industrial man trapped in his chaotic cities.

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