Reyner Banham: Signs and Designs in the Time Without Style.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Michael, Vincent
- Source
- Design Issues. Spring2002, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p65-77. 13p.
- Subject
- *MODERN movement (Architecture)
- Language
- ISSN
- 0747-9360
Examines the reasons why Reyner Banham put emphasis on the theory of architectural modernism in his book 'Theory and Design in the First Machine Age.' Importance of the European predilections for theory and ideology to structure Banham's narrative structure; Use of the theoretical emphasis to shift the focus from form to symbol; Use of theory to expose the logical flaws that paralyzed modernism.