Architecture without architects, an introduction to nonpedigreed architecture.

]]> By Rudofsky, Bernard,.
New York, Museum of Modern Art; distributed by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. 1964 .
1 v. (unpaged) , The book challenges the traditional, narrow Western view of architectural history, which focuses only on "pedigreed" monuments designed by named architects. Rudofsky instead celebrates vernacular, anonymous, and indigenous building from around the world and across time. The text is primarily a visual essay, presenting a selection of photographs that demonstrate the artistic quality, practicality, and ingenuity of communal building traditions—from Chinese underground villages to African cliff dwellings. 25 cm..
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Investigate, Ask, Tell, Draw, Build: 3xn Architects

]]> By Cainer, Matteo.
London Black Dog Publishing 2007 .
302 pages : color illustrations, plans (chiefly color) ; 28 cm. 9781906155230, 1906155232

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Architecture without architects, an introduction to nonpedigreed architecture.

Investigate, Ask, Tell, Draw, Build: 3xn Architects