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Architecture 2000 and beyond : success in the art of prediction / Charles Jencks

By: Jencks, Charles.
Contributor(s): Jencks, Charles. Architecture 2000.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Academy, 2000Description: 140 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471495344 (pbk.).Subject(s): Architecture -- Forecasting | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Social predictionDDC classification: 724.7
Contents:
Introduction: why prediction? - Foreword 1969. - 1. Philosophies of the future. - Unavoidable futurism. - 2. Inexorable trends. - 3. The unselfconscious tradition. - 4. Scenario of the conscious traditions. - 5. The self-conscious tradition. - 6 The activist tradition. - 7. The intuitive tradition. - 8. The logical tradition. - 9. The idealist tradition. - 10. The shift in belief. - 11. The world in 2030. - Bibliography. - Photo-acknowledgements. - Index.
Summary: "ARCHITECTURE 2000 AND BEYOND This classic of prediction, written in 1969, has now been brought up to date, the prophecies judged, and the omens extended to 2030. The success rate of Jencks' forecasts and his method of combining expert prediction with structural analysis make this book an important contribution to the art of conjecture. Not only did he predict a series of innovations that have changed the world, such as the Internet, but he identified six main architectural traditions that continuously transform over time. This provide a method of gauging what are likely to be the future movements in architecture, a useful and fascinating tool for speculation. No other book of farecasting is like it, a hypertext of retrospection, judgement and further prophecy." - Back cover.
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Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

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 724.7 JEN (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23003,03,RM 5000038644

Revision of the work published in 1971 under the title Architecture 2000.

Introduction: why prediction? - Foreword 1969. - 1. Philosophies of the future. - Unavoidable futurism. - 2. Inexorable trends. - 3. The unselfconscious tradition. - 4. Scenario of the conscious traditions. - 5. The self-conscious tradition. - 6 The activist tradition. - 7. The intuitive tradition. - 8. The logical tradition. - 9. The idealist tradition. - 10. The shift in belief. - 11. The world in 2030. - Bibliography. - Photo-acknowledgements. - Index.

"ARCHITECTURE 2000 AND BEYOND This classic of prediction, written in 1969, has now been brought up to date, the prophecies judged, and the omens extended to 2030. The success rate of Jencks' forecasts and his method of combining expert prediction with structural analysis make this book an important contribution to the art of conjecture. Not only did he predict a series of innovations that have changed the world, such as the Internet, but he identified six main architectural traditions that continuously transform over time. This provide a method of gauging what are likely to be the future movements in architecture, a useful and fascinating tool for speculation. No other book of farecasting is like it, a hypertext of retrospection, judgement and further prophecy." - Back cover.