TY - BOOK AU - Mosco,Valerio Paolo TI - Naked architecture SN - 9788857204727 AV - NA 680 M65.2012 PY - 2012///, CY - Milan PB - Skira KW - Architecture, Modern KW - 20th century KW - Arquitectura moderna - KW - Siglo XX KW - 21st century KW - Siglo XXI KW - Architecture KW - Aesthetics KW - Arquitectura KW - Estética KW - Structural analysis (Engineering) KW - Análisis estructural (Ingeniería) N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 313-317) N2 - Saying that an architectural form is naked is a typical affirmation of everyday language that synthesises multiple characters and meanings through a metaphor. Anti-decorative architecture of modern tradition is naked, buildings under construction or ruined are naked, as are in general those whose bare, essential appearance is intended to give an impression of sincerity. Any architecture expressing an archaic or frugal or even at times primitive atmosphere may also be considered naked. Today, the return to nakedness in architecture may be interpreted as the symptom of the definitive crisis of post-modernism, of its masks and coverings that no longer represent a world with an ever-increasing need for "naked" essentialness ER -