THE LANGUAGE OF
POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE
CHARLES A. JENCKS
ACADEMY EDITIONS • LONDON
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION PART ONE
PART TWO
PART THREE
NOTES INDEX
The Death of Modern Architecture C r i s i s i n a r c h i t e c t u r e . . . .
U n i v a l e n t f o r m . . . . .
U n i v a l e n t f o r m a l i s t s a n d i n a d v e r t e n t s y m b o l i s t s U n i v a l e n t c o n t e n t . . . . . The Modes of Architectural Communication
M e t a p h o r . . . .
W o r d s
S y n t a x . . . .
S e m a n t i c s . . . .
Post-Modern Architecture .
R e c e n t d e p a r t u r e s . . . . .
M u l t i v a l e n t a r c h i t e c t u r e . . . .
