Item 36 - The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture

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CJA-RES-AL-B13-4-36

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The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture

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  • 2011 (Creation)

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1 volume, hardback with dustjacket

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Name of creator

(1939-2019)

Biographical history

Charles Jencks was born on 21 June 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Gardner Jencks, a pianist and composer, and Ruth (nee DeWitt Pearl). He took at BA in English Literature at Harvard University (1961) and then a BA and MA at Harvardread more

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Publisher: Wiley

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