{"product_id":"vintage-1988-the-history-of-postmodern-architecture-by-heinrich-klotz-hardcover-book","title":"Vintage 1988 “The History of Postmodern Architecture” by Heinrich Klotz Hardcover Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eUp for sale is a Vintage 1988 “The History of Postmodern Architecture” by Heinrich Klotz Hardcover Book! It measures 12 5\/16” by 9 1\/2” around the outside cover and contains 461 pages. The piece is in great overall condition with signs of wear consistent with its age and use (contains all pages; scattered surface wear to dust jacket\/outside cover). Please message us if you have any questions. Thanks!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis landmark volume of “The History of Postmodern Architecture” stands as the definitive primary survey of late twentieth-century avant-garde design, capturing the influential intellectual framework of the celebrated German architectural critic, Heinrich Klotz. Originally copyrighted in Germany in 1984 and masterfully translated for this 1988 first American publication, this meticulously curated work explores the sweeping historical transition from rigid, corporate modernism to the pluralistic, narrative-driven tenets of postmodernism under Klotz's guiding structural maxim: \"Not only function, but also fiction!\". Rather than functioning as a standard retrospective portfolio, this exhaustive 461-page work incorporates over 500 comprehensive illustrations, site drawings, and color photographs that chronologically trace the radical aesthetic preoccupations of the era's design vanguard, cross-referencing major historical projects from iconic visionaries including Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Aldo Rossi, and John Hejduk. The striking cover presentation features an isometric grid of varied building facades and geometric residential typologies, perfectly visualizing the movement's deliberate turn toward historicism, regional context, and structural anthropomorphism. Set in sharp Univers and Melior typography and printed by Toppan Printing Company in Japan, this out-of-print masterpiece possesses immense institutional weight and remains an essential, highly collectible centerpiece for serious academic libraries, rare design theory collectors, and architectural historians alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e♦️$7.50 flat rate shipping to all of the United States (Combined, international, and freight shipping as well as local pickup available upon request!)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smokin' Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49851747860635,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/4310\/5179\/files\/6FAC4B53-AE46-43B1-8EBC-E007A21EE5CE.jpg?v=1792383541","url":"https:\/\/www.smokinfinds.com\/products\/vintage-1988-the-history-of-postmodern-architecture-by-heinrich-klotz-hardcover-book","provider":"Smokin' Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}