Theory and Design in the Second Machine Age

A major figure throws down the gauntlet before his colleagues. Pawley, a European architectural critic and correspondent, points out the facts of postmodern built environments pollution, resource depletion, urban paralysis, a global information network and accuses architects of leaving the field to commercial interests. A sequel to Reyner Banheim's Theory and design in the first machine age (1960). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.