Architecture without Architects - Bernard Rudofsky - 1964

"In this book Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history, and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. By avoiding the geographical and social prejudices that have obscured what he views as a total picture of architecture, he offers us glimpses of worlds that were hitherto unknown and, indeed, unsuspected... In short, 'Architecture Without Architects' introduces the reader to communal architecture -- architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting within a community of experience... The beauty of "primitive" architecture has often been dismissed as accidental, but today we recognize in it an art form that has resulted from human intelligence applied to uniquely human modes of life. Indeed, Rudofsky sees the philosophy and practical knowledge of the untutored builders as untapped sources of inspiration for industrial man trapped in his chaotic cities." Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture - Bernard Rudofsky Published 1964, Doubleday and Company, Garden City, New York Softcover. Approx 8.5x9.5in. 157pp. In good condition. A little bit of wear on the edges.