Towards a Dialogical History of Modern Architecture: Essays on Otherness and Canon

Author:   Jorge Francisco Liernur (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
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Pages:   240
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
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Towards a Dialogical History of Modern Architecture: Essays on Otherness and Canon


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Author:   Jorge Francisco Liernur (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032589527


ISBN 10:   1032589523
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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1. Preliminary Words: Introduction to the Book 2. Essay 1: Otherness and Canon 3. Essay 2: Controversial Positions: The Center–Periphery Tension in the Work of Manfredo Tafuri 4. Essay 3: Orientalism and Modern Architecture: The Debate on the Flat Roof 5. Essay 4: The Grand Move: How the Smithsons Contributed to the Restoration of Western Europe’s Cultural Centrality (1945–1956)

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Jorge Francisco Liernur, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1946, is an architect. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and pursued postgraduate studies with Manfredo Tafuri at Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and Tilmann Buddensieg at the University of Bonn's Institute of Art History. Liernur holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Universidad del Litoral (Argentina). He was the founding dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Studies at Torcuato Di Tella University, where he is currently an emeritus professor and the director of the Master's in History and Criticism of Architecture. Liernur has extensively published on the history of architecture in Argentina and Latin America, exploring their connections with international architecture in books and specialized journals. He co-curated the exhibition ""Latin America in Construction: 1955–1980"" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and has been a visiting professor in various universities globally, spanning America, Europe, and Asia.

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