Architectural Theory

This book presents the rise and decline of the meta-concept of transparency in architectural theory and practice, from modernity to hypermodernity. It investigates the complex relations around the see-through aesthetic, and the role of unseen and invisible structures for staging transparency as the dominant optics of modernity.

Aceasta carte prezinta cresterea si declinul meta-conceptului de transparenta in teoria si practica arhitecturala, de la modernitate la hipermodernitate. Acesta investigheaza relatiile complexe din jurul esteticii transparente si rolul structurilor nevazute si invizibile pentru punerea in scena a transparentei ca optica dominanta a modernitatii.