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claim:buildings-of-recent-decades-1940-90-are-noticeably-missing-in-these-fifteen-properties-and-this-is-intentional-due-to-20th-century-architectural-theoriesBuildings of recent decades (1940-90) are noticeably missing in these fifteen properties, and this is intentional due to 20th-century architectural theories
Historical-critical claim that modern architecture consciously abandoned understanding and use of the fifteen properties, making contemporary buildings poor illustrations of living structure
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- Fifteen Properties of Living Structureassociated_withThe set of geometric properties that appear in all living structure: levels of scale, strong centers, boundaries, echoes, gradients, deep interlock and ambiguity, local symmetries, roughness, inner calm, not separateness, and others.
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- Aesthetic judgment on modern buildings.
- Critique of mainstream architectural practice as detrimental to human wholeness.
- Role of media images.
- Historical shift.
- Argues that copying historical forms does not produce living structure.
- The brutal geometric moment — making positive elements, syncopated harmony, massive stones — is what transforms mere building into architecture
- Argues for intersubjective agreement about the quality of life.
- General historical verdict.