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In recent decades, conservationists and planners have co‐opted contextualism, reducing it to a tool for enforcing urban conformity. Here Charles Jencks reclaims contextualism as a dynamic design strategy. He identifies four different contextual treatments that as well as ensuring continuity are potentially transformative. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In recent decades, conservationists and planners have co‐opted contextualism, reducing it to a tool for enforcing urban conformity. Here Charles Jencks reclaims contextualism as a dynamic design strategy. He identifies four different contextual treatments that as well as ensuring continuity are potentially transformative. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Contextual Counterpoint
Jencks, Charles (author)
Architectural Design ; 81 ; 62-67
2011-09-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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