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

In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, theauthority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides thedefining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliestroots in the early 60s to the present day. By breaking thenarrative into seven distinct chapters, which are bothchronological and overlapping, Jencks charts the ebb and flow ofthe movement, the peaks and troughs of different ideas and themes.

• The book is highly visual. As well as providing a chronologicalaccount of the movement, each chapter also has a special feature onthe major works of a given period.
• The first up-to-date narrative of Post-Modern Architecture -other major books on the subject were written 20 years ago.
• An accessible narrative that will appeal to students who arenew to the subject, as well as those who can remember its heyday inthe 70s and 80s.