NAT�: Narrative Architecture in Postmodern London

Chronicling the last radical architectural group of the twentieth century � NAT� (Narrative Architecture Today) � who emerged from the Architectural Association at the start of the 1980s, this book explores the group�s work which echoed a wider artistic and literary culture that drew on the specific political, social and physical condition of 1980s London.\n\nIt traces NATؒs identification with a particular stream of post-punk, postmodern expression: a celebration of the abject, an aesthetic of entropy, and a do-it-yourself provisionality. NAT� has most often been documented in reference to Nigel Coates (the instigator of NAT�), which has led to a one-sided, one-dimensional record of NATؒs place in architectural history. This book sets out a more detailed, contextual history of NAT�, told through photographs, drawings, and ephemera, restoring a truer polyvocal narrative of the group�s ethos and development. Additional ISBNs 1138674842, 1138674818, 1315561026, 9781138674844, 9781138674813, 9781315561028NAT�: Narrative Architecture in Postmodern London 1st Edition is written by Claire Jamieson and published by Routledge. ISBNs for NAT�: Narrative Architecture in Postmodern London are 9781317200048, 1317200047 and the print ISBNs are 9781138674813, 1138674818. Additional ISBNs include 1138674842, 1138674818, 1315561026, 9781138674844, 9781138674813, 9781315561028.