Darwinian processes and memes in architecture: A memetic theory of modernism

Journal of Memetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-42

  Salingaros, Nikos ^a   Mikiten, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Architecture; Darwinian process; Design; Images; Memes; Minimalism; Modernism; Parasitic; Selection; Styles; Viruses

Indexed keywords

DARWINIA;

EID: 2942640107     PISSN: 13664786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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