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Architecture Without Architects : a Short Introduction to Non-pedigreed Architecture by Bernard Rudofsky; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture is a book based on the NYC MoMA exhibition of the same name by Bernard Rudofsky originally published in 1964. It provides a demonstration of the artistic, functional, and cultural richness of vernacular architecture. In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside 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 whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community experience. A prehistoric theater district for a hundred thousand spectators on the American continent and underground towns and villages (complete with schools, offices, and factories) inhabited by millions of people are among the unexpected phenomena he brings to light. The beauty of primitive architecture has often been dismissed as accidental, but today we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the p

Who reads Architecture Without Architects : a Short Introduction to Non-pedigreed Architecture?

Author

Bernard Rudofsky; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher

Museum of Modern Art / University of New Mexico Press

Published

1964

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826310040

Category

history

Subjects

Art, Engineering, Fiction

Rating

4.18 / 5 (406 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14