Architecture - Criticism

A survival guide for how to live on a damaged planet, from caring for concrete to solar farmsThe second volume in The Great Repair series presents a panorama of approaches that foreground methods of repair as the design paradigm for a new material culture....

In today's fast-paced Tech and Gaming industries, the role of a Product Manager is more critical than ever. This book breaks down the essential skills, strategies, and mindset needed to succeed, offering insights from real-world experience and industry experts. With techniques like the Viktorious...

Just as information and media are products of design, they themselves leave indelible marks on the environments in which they circulate and help structure. Architecture has irrevocably been altered by the proliferation and advancement of new media technologies and forms of communication, but architecture,...

The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of the neoliberal turn in contemporary architecture. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric and post-critical architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself, at the same time, as progressive. Spencer's incisive analysis of...

The compelling story of the significant relationship between communism and modern architecture in postwar France The massive reshaping of French cities that took place between 1958 and 1981 is commonly regarded as a unique episode in which modernist ideals were tested on an unprecedented...

I have known G (Gurjit Singh Matharoo) since the days I was a student, and him, my teacher, who gave one-liners or sometimes just one-word lessons at the School of Architecture1. One day, he was on the public phone at the School, maybe a...

Design Research for Uncertain Futures assembles a diverse group of thinkers and makers, and thinking-through-makers, to situate design research as a form of knowledge generation that is complementary to science, and especially needed now, given changing climates and uncertain futures. Our model of design...

A particular history of how encounters between architects and people with disabilities transformed modern culture. Window Shopping with Helen Keller recovers a series of influential moments when architects and designers engaged the embodied experiences of people with disabilities. David Serlin reveals how people with...

A particular history of how encounters between architects and people with disabilities transformed modern culture. Window Shopping with Helen Keller recovers a series of influential moments when architects and designers engaged the embodied experiences of people with disabilities. David Serlin reveals how people with...

The Archives of New Traditional Architecture (ANTA) is dedicated to traditional architecture and urbanism, the journal advocates for beauty, moderation, and common sense in building design amid the challenges posed by our deteriorating built and natural environments. The fifth issue continues ANTA's mission by...

The second publication by Goldsmiths' Centre for Research Architecture explores the role of media in spatial politics and social justice movementsSince its founding in 2005, the Centre for Research Architecture (CRA) at Goldsmiths, University of London, has brought together a diverse group of architects,...

Cataloging the Uzbek national pavilion at the 18th Architecture BiennaleFrom the ruins of the ancient qalas to the mythical figure of the labyrinth: the amply illustrated Unbuild Together addresses different horizons of Uzbekistan's architectural heritage as potential tools for envisioning the future and key...

Cohabitation Strategies: Challenging Neoliberal Urbanization Between Crisis presents twelve years of urban theories, projects, and interventions developed by Cohabitation Strategies, a Rotterdam- and New York City-based non-profit cooperative committed to radical socio-spatial research, design, and development. Centering on the development of new action-research methodologies,...

One common feature of the wave of recent revolutions and revolts around the world is not political but rather architectural: many erupted on inner-city roundabouts. In thinking about the relation between protest and urban form, Eyal Weizman starts with the May 1980 uprising in...

Architect and artist Roger Kemble has demonstrated his ideas of urban design with images from sixteen major Canadian cities--among others. He has walked, measured, and sketched their streets, squares and places, scanned their horizons, probed the relationships between structures, land and landscape with unprecedented...

For more than twenty years now, Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune has explored how architecture captures our imagination and engages our deepest emotions. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Kamin treats his subjects not only as works of art but also...

AA Files is the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture's journal of record, currently edited by Maria Sh?h?razade Giudici. This issue features eleven contributions that put forward different approaches to architectural research, examining issues from land speculation and class construction to future forms of...

Contents "French Philosophy Since 1945", Fredrika Spindler "Utopian Thinking in Past and Contemporary Times," Sinziana Ravini "Universal Modernism, Swedish Art Heroine," Charlotte Bydler "'Pastoral Power' and the Techniques for Controlling the Poor and Unemployed," Maurizio Lazzarato "Inventing a Silence," Alexandre Costanzo "The Ground Zero...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environment. Since the turn of the 21st century, "design thinking" has permeated many fields outside of the design disciplines. It is expected to succeed whenever disciplinary...

"After 1945 our plutocrats, bureaucrats, board chairmen, CEOs, commissioners, and college presidents undergo an inexplicable change. They become diffident and reticent. All at once they are willingto accept that glass of ice water in the face, that bracing slap across the mouth, that reprimand...

Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the acknowledged classic work of architectural history reference. Since the first edition was published in 1896, it has been declared the 'Book of the Century' by the American Institute of Architects and it has become essential...

A brief (evolutionary) history of how we became prodigious builders.'A powerful explanation and a deep understanding of design'- Michael Batty, CASA, University College London This book contains one of the most fascinating stories ever told: how and why our species became a lineage of...

The American Vignola, Part 1: The Five Orders is a book written by William Robert Ware and first published in 1904. The book is a comprehensive guide to the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, focusing specifically on the five orders of architecture:...

What is design philosophy and why is it needed? This important book explains the discipline's recent emergence, the key questions which dominate it, and its potential to fundamentally change the way we practice and think about design. The reader comprises eight thematic sections, each...

The Colonial Architecture of Salem is a comprehensive book written by Frank Cousins that explores the rich history of the colonial architecture in Salem, Massachusetts. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the city's architecture....

Architect and educator Bernard Tschumi is one of the most influential figures in architectural theory and practice. This fascinating volume presents, in a sequence of ten "conversations," his autobiography in architecture, from his conceptual proposals of the early 1970s through his major current buildings...

RMIT Architecture is interested in ideas-led venturous design exploration that aspires to contribute to the future of our discipline and an increasingly complex world. This publication contains a selection of RMIT Master of Architecture independent graduating projects from seven semesters between 2019 and 2022....

The first major study to examine the rise to prominence of Jewish architects since 1945 and the connection of their work to the legacy of the Holocaust Since the end of World War II, Jewish architects have risen to unprecedented international prominence. Whether as...

An urgent appeal to rethink the heritage enterprise A critical reassessment of historic preservation policies in the United States, Second-Order Preservation brings needed attention to the hierarchical underpinnings and effects of established preservation frameworks. Questioning the criteria by which value is ascribed to historic...

GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture is a compelling exploration of the contributions of diverse architects to the field of architecture. This book delves into the essence of various architectural typologies, including residential, institutional, and master planning, through the lens of designers from varied backgrounds....

Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundaries in search of a deeper understanding of architecture in the evolution of human culture and identity formation. From his earliest writings predicting the computer-based revolution...

Author: Ross A. EamanISBN-10: 0228024250ISBN-13: 9780228024255Publisher: McGill-Queen's University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbs

New architectural impulses: recent buildings in the German capital by local architects as well as international projects by architects based in Berlin, complemented by essays on topics that are currently being discussed in the world of architecture. 60 projects demonstrate how the new paradigm...

Beginning in the Spring 2018 semester, the Yale School of Architecture Gallery launched a program to give students the opportunity to curate and stage exhibitions. The content is driven by student proposals and strives to be responsive to current interests and concerns in the...

A retrospective on the influential career of Argentinian architect Jorge Silvetti. Jorge Silvetti looks back on a long career as both a designing architect and as an architectural teacher and theoretician. Born in Argentina, he was one of the founding members of Arquitectos Asociados,...

Architects and designers critically examine their ability to contribute to the discussion on social issues and challengesThis issue of OASE explores the role of architects as public intellectuals and the ways in which they contribute to society beyond design. Architects are well placed to...

Author: Tom SpaldingISBN-10: 1782050191ISBN-13: 9781782050193Publisher: Cork University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2025Pages: 384Format: Hardcover

A handy companion to the rise of housing co-ops in Western EuropeTo stimulate interest in cooperative living, The Architecture of Housing Co-ops highlights successful examples from Germany alongside more recent Dutch projects, showcasing recent developments through detailed analyses, financial models, floor plans and interviews...

One timber prefab building turns into a litany of conversations, research and essays on responsible yet habitable environmentsThe Proto-Habitat is both a theoretical and practical (built) experiment to explore ways of dwelling that are closer to contemporary lifestyles, and to broaden collective representation to...

Recounting a lecture series-cum-dialogue on the possibilities and sticking points confronting architects worldwideThis book is a free-associative recount of the 12-part lecture series staged by Belgian architect Peter Swinnen (born 1972) at the ETH Department of Architecture (Zurich). I Prefer Not To ... can...

Bracket [On Sharing] considers the historic roots of sharing and their relationship to contemporary models of sharing. Sharing is one of the humanity's most basic traits; we intrinsically recognize the benefits of pooling resources within a community in order take advantage of varied abilities...

This book provides an urgent framework and collective reflection on understanding ways to reconsider and recast architecture within ideas and politics of the commons and practices of commoning.Architecture from Public to Commons opens with Institutions the dialogue with the scales of the commons, the...

A theoretical approach to repairing society from the perils of capitalism and overconsumptionThis collaborative project between ARCH+, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, ETH Zurich and the University of Luxembourg proposes a vision of societal repair based on practices of care, maintenance and mending.Author: Christian HillerISBN-10:...

The book is a graphic novella written by two self-realized nobots who aim to help nearly seven billion fellow biological nobots (also known as humans) realize their true nature. They believe that many nobots are unaware of their existence and some even call themselves...

This book gathers 14 architects, designers, performing artists, film makers, media theorists, philosophers, mathematicians and programmers. They all argue that matter in contemporary posthuman times has to be rethought in its rich internal dynamism and its multifaceted context. By transversally crossing disciplinary boundaries, new...

This edition of DASH examines the development of home interiors in the twentieth century, from the designs of Cuypers to the contemporary stylings of IKEA. Through a series of images of "period rooms," this publication examines the concept of living in style.Author: Jurjen ZeinstraISBN-10:...

Parkett 82 features sculptor, diarist and preeminent Feminist Louise Bourgeois; the theatrical, shamanistic Polish artist Pawel Althamer and New York sculptor Rachel Harrison. Essayists on Bourgeois include Robert Storr, whose text is aptly called "Mother of Them All/Sister of Some," Tracey Emin and Griselda...

Gathering a large group of academics, researchers, artists, architects, and urban planners, the publication Shrinking Cities in Romania is a pioneering initiative to raise awareness of an acute and pervasive yet too little discussed matter: the socio-cultural, physical, economic, and demographic decline of Romanian...

This volume focuses on two architectural projects that, taken together, provide a telling glimpse into the Chilean culture and landscape--from its colonial legacy to its magnificent coast. Smiljan Radic's House in Punta Pite merges vernacular architecture with a crisp, Modernist sense of design to...

This book presents three architectural responses to the idea of journeys through outer space in a future based on technology. After the 1969 moonwalk, Alessandro Poli with Superstudio considered it critical to imagine our environment as connected to outer space. His "Architettura interplanetaria" imagined...