Work

White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture

1995

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Argues that modern architecture, despite claims of permanence, is often driven by novelty and the fleeting.

Ephemerality

Details

Type: Text

Classifications

Holder: Individual
Source of authority: ReasonObservation
Subject: Human centred
Mode of transmission: Text drawing
Knowledge type: Propositional
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophical

Connections

exemplifies Modernism

Referenced by

Mark Wigley authored

Sources

Mark Wigley. White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture. MIT Press, 1995.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/white-walls-designer-dresses/. Accessed July 17, 2026.