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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Mr. Manners Goes To MOMA (The Etiquette of Deconstructivism)
UPDATE: To read the full text, download the PDF.
I THOUGHT THIS OLD REVIEW for Inland Architect of the 1988 Decon exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art had been lost forever, but a friend recently sent it to me:
February 9, 2010 in Architecture, Classicism, Culture, Current Affairs, Education, New Urbanism, Urbanism | Permalink
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Great read!
For anyone interested, the debate between Eisenmann and Alexander referenced in the article can be found here:
http://www.katarxis3.com/Alexander_Eisenman_Debate.htm
Posted by: Ron Herr at Feb 10, 2010 12:43:24 AM
Dear John,
I greatly enjoyed reading your 1988 review of the original Decon Show. Now I must apologize profusely because I repeated all this stuff in my 2004 book "Anti-architecture and Deconstruction", without ever having read your review. You are right that it was lost. Funny how inconvenient truths tend to get lost, just like the file on Geli Raubal's mysterious murder.
Best wishes,
Nikos
Posted by: Nikos Salingaros at Feb 11, 2010 4:30:01 PM
This was an excellent piece. It should be included in every anthology of architectural criticism/theory from here on out!
Posted by: Paul Ranogajec at Feb 11, 2010 4:33:18 PM
