ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents some of the things that changed in architecture and planning in the second half of the twentieth century. It explores the history of what has changed in architecture and planning over last half century by looking at some of the most important designers and writers, buildings and movements. The book discusses the role of architecture in reconnecting people with the past, both as public history and private memory. In the Account of Architects and Architecture, John Evelyn said that their buildings and cities are shaped by four different kinds of architect, working in tandem but more often in conflict: the builder, the designer, the patron and the writer. The book explains relationship between architecture and the unsettling experience of contemporary, media-saturated lifestyles.
