Architecture - Criticism

Was sind marxistische Architekturgeschichte und -kritik? Welche Methoden wenden sie an, und worauf beziehen sich ihre kritischen Analysen? Diese Fragen sind nicht neu, aber müssen jetzt im Lichte der kontinuierlichen Erweiterung und Überarbeitung des Marxismus in Reaktion auf die aktuellen globalen Krisen anders bewertet...

In this fresh and authoritative account John Macarthur presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque - when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as the hovels of the labouring poor - in the light of...

In 2006 the Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced its gift of a new cultural center in Athens to house both Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera House within a forty-acre landscaped public park. Two years later, with designers and engineers in place and...

Architecture and Cultural Continuity explores a dynamic way of viewing architecture - arguing that all architecture is best evaluated through active experiences in relation to cultural traditions of community and belonging, space, ritual, and setting. A work in three parts, the book first analyses...

Imagine a world where buildings and cities actively nurture our well-being, not just physically but spiritually. There is a growing awareness of the need for a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to wellness strategies in everyday life. This book explores spiritual wellness as a...

The superREUSE Manifesto is a critical exploration of ideas, research and practices in reuse. -Reuse identifies insights into cities, buildings, interiors and objects constructed through working with extant material. Super is an elevated pitch for a 21st century that is characterised by responses to...

Written between 1999 and 2015, the texts in this book were previously published in the Vitruvius online journal. This republication, however, is not a simple collection, but a compilation of essays that seeks to provide synergy to texts once isolated and that here define...

What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans' built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping environments. Synthesizing information from both academic journals and the popular press, the book looks at the relationships of size and scale to the way Americans...

A spirited abecedarium-style book that shows how architects have engaged with animals as references and metaphors in modern and postmodern architecture. Through an examination of 26 case studies (26 different animals explored by 26 different architects, from A to Z), The Architect and the...

This first introduction to Nietzsche's philosophy written specifically for architects locates his evaluation of appropriate and inappropriate architecture in the body of his writings and presents a clear overview of Nietzsche's insights into architectural design alongside his advice for architects and designers.Author: Lucy HuskinsonISBN-10:...

What is the role of architecture - and the architect - in the Anthropocene?It's an immutable fact: human activity is driving the climate and biodiversity crises that now threaten all life. The damage we inflict on the planet undermines basic human rights, displaces millions,...

Architecturally Speaking is an international collection of essays by leading architects, artists and theorists of locality and space. This book will appeal to urbanists, geographers, artists, architects and cultural historians.Author: Alan ReadISBN-10: 041523543XISBN-13: 9780415235433Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/21/2000Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

Five Ways to Make Architecture Political presents an innovative pragmatist agenda that will inspire new thinking about the politics of design and architectural practice. Moving beyond conventional conversations about design and politics, the book shows how recent developments in political philosophy can transform our...

This book presents an interpretive architectural analysis of select content of the Samarāṇgaṇa Sūṭraḍhāra, explores the design process to generate temples, palaces and dwelling units and discusses its correlation with contemporary architectural paradigms.Author: Neena Singh ZutshiISBN-10: 1032222751ISBN-13: 9781032222752Publisher: Routledge IndiaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/25/2025Pages: 244Format: HardcoverWeight:...

George Suyama began his architectural practice in Seattle in 1971. His early career is marked by a number of notable designs in the contemporaneous wood idiom of the region. Over time, however, Suyama developed an architecture characterized by a search for minimalist simplicity, a...

The book investigates spatial practices at the ground level of Beirut - Appropriation, Commoning, Production, and Activism - that fill the gap between the city's capital-driven development and the aspirations and needs of its inhabitants, in search for cohabitation and planning lessons that withstand...

Discover the hidden gem of English heritage with ""Battlefield Church, Salop: An Historical And Descriptive Sketch"" by G. Dimock Fletcher. This captivating work, long out of print, has been lovingly restored by Alpha Editions for today's readers and future generations. Step into the rich...

Haus Ideal, by German architect Oda Pälmke, serves as an instruction manual for nonlinear processes of generating new solutions to architectural problems and discovering ideal architectural forms. Images of architectural models demonstrate different stages of these unconventional design processes.Author: Oda PälmkeISBN-10: 3868593659ISBN-13: 9783868593655Publisher: Jovis...

"If the whole of a town is in the end not visually pleasing, the town is not worth having."-Sir Nikolaus Pevsner Pevsner's Townscape presents a previously unpublished work by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983), one of the twentieth-century's most widely read scholars of art and...

This work studies the conservation of classical monuments in the Mediterranean region. It focuses on a specific method, anastylosis, and its application to classical monuments. The terminology, philosophy, theoretical principles and technical issues of anastylosis are explored within the wider context of cultural heritage...

Wren's "Tracts" on Architecture and Other Writings is the first scholarly examination of the theoretical work of one of the most important architects of early modern Europe. From his study of ancient buildings, he posited a new version of the origins and development of...

Too often, design competitions and signature architecture result in costly eyesores that do not work. How can sponsors and clients get more meaningful results? To answer this question, Dr. Nasar, supported by riveting studies of competitions and Peter Eisenman's competition-winning design for the Wexner...

Performing Home is the first sustained study of the ways in which artists create artworks in, and in response to, domestic dwellings.In the context of growing interest in ideas and practices that cross between architecture, arts practice and performance, it is valuable to understand...

Explore the innovative world of early 20th-century prefabricated housing with "Hodgson Portable Houses." This catalog from the E.F. Hodgson Co. showcases a range of portable buildings, from cozy cottages and bungalows to more elaborate residences, all designed for easy assembly and transport. Discover the...

"Building Construction and Superintendence, Volume 2" by Frank Eugene Kidder, revised and enlarged by Thomas Nolan, offers a comprehensive guide to construction practices and architectural oversight. This volume delves into the intricacies of building methods, providing detailed insights essential for both students and professionals...

The Wood-worker, Volume 17 offers a comprehensive look at the craft of woodworking. This vintage text provides detailed instructions and insights into various woodworking techniques, tools, and projects. While authored anonymously, the book presents a timeless exploration of carpentry, suitable for both beginners and...

Transgressive acts in architecture as responses to today's ecological, political, economic, and social crisesIn architecture, transgressive acts have always been a reality, in spite of rules and canons that have defined the discipline and its extended field. However, in recent decades, their frequency and...

Three decades of intellectual work on architectural theory and feminist discourseHilde Heynen is a Belgian architectural theorist whose work bridges neo-Marxist critical theory and current feminist discourse, applying these perspectives to architectural culture. This volume collects her most significant texts from three decades of...

Unbuilding is the other half of building. Buildings, treated as currency, rapidly inflate and deflate in volatile financial markets. Cities expand and shrink; whether through the violence of planning utopias or war, they are also targets of urbicide. Repeatable spatial products quickly make new...

A dense concentration of design talent, uniquely varied topography, and one of the world's most pleasant climates have made Southern California a crucible of architectural innovation. There, forward-looking clients respond to dramatic modern interpretations of form and site that capitalize on natural light and...

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.Author: Brittany UttingISBN-10: 1032283750ISBN-13: 9781032283753Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2023Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize:...

The essays selected for this book, presented in chronological order, discuss various aspects of image-making technologies, geometrical knowledge and tools for architectural design, focusing in particular on two historical periods marked by comparable patterns of technological and cultural change. The first is the Renaissance;...

A gorgeous, oversize, clothbound facsimile of the classic 18th-century guide to the vocabulary of Western architectureSir William Chambers (1723-96) was a Swedish British architect who designed imaginative castle buildings and luxurious interiors as well as simple and rational utilitarian architecture: some of his most...

Chantal Mouffe has transformed the contemporary understanding of politics through her re-reading of political theory inspired by anti-foundationalist philosophy-based on Saussure's linguistics, Freud's psychoanalysis and Derrida's deconstruction. Her writings have challenged the centrist, post-political ideology of the 1990s and presciently diagnosed the emergence of...

Harry Francis Mallgrave combines a history of ideas about architectural experience with the latest insights from the fields of neuroscience, cognitive science and evolutionary biology to make a powerful argument about the nature and future of architectural design.Today, the sciences have granted us the...

Charleston's Historic Houses is a comprehensive guide to the architectural and cultural heritage of Charleston, South Carolina. Written by Samuel Gaillard Stoney, a renowned local historian and preservationist, the book offers an in-depth look at the city's most significant and iconic homes, from the...

Explore the timeless art of copperwork with Augustus F. Rose's "Copper Work: A Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts." This meticulously reproduced edition offers a comprehensive guide to metalworking, design, and crafts, focusing specifically on the enduring appeal of copper....

Architecture Post Mortem surveys architecture's encounter with death, decline, and ruination following late capitalism. As the world moves closer to an economic abyss that many perceive to be the death of capital, contraction and crisis are no longer mere phases of normal market fluctuations,...

""An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture"" is a scholarly work written by John Henry Parker in 1861. The book is a comprehensive guide to the history and characteristics of Gothic architecture, with a particular focus on the Gothic style of the Middle...

""A Manual of the Historical Development of Art"" is a comprehensive guide to the evolution of art from prehistoric times to the early Christian era. Written by G.G. Zerffi, the book explores the various forms of art including architecture, sculpture, painting and ornamentation. The...

Retrospecta is the annual journal of student work at the Yale School of Architecture. Part historical record, part monograph, Retrospecta seeks to capture and record the current life of the school. Documenting one academic year, each issue contains exemplary work from both the design...

Author: Vincent Jr. Scully, Catherine Lynn, Eric VogtISBN-10: 0974956503ISBN-13: 9780974956503Publisher: Yale University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2004Pages: 406Format: PaperbackWeight: 4.93lbsSize: 13.95h x 9.07w x 1.56d

The colonial architecture of the nineteenth century has much to tell us of the history of colonialism and cultural exchange. Yet, these buildings can be read in many ways. Do they stand as witnesses to the rapacity and self-delusion of empire? Are they monuments...

The first publication of artist and architect Frederick Kiesler's epoch-spanning history of human architecture, largely unknown but still relevant. Magic Architecture was the architect Frederick Kiesler's most ambitious book project, an epoch-spanning history of human housing from prehistory to the atomic era, submitted to...

This book looks at architecture history in reverse, so you can follow chains of precedents back through time to see how ideas can disrupt civilization's flow.Author: Jassen CallenderISBN-10: 1138958190ISBN-13: 9781138958197Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2017Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Using her experience in various government departments and with several successful building conversation projects, Ann Falkner has written this practical handbook for those concerned about preserving heritage structures.Author: Ann FalknerISBN-10: 0802062989ISBN-13: 9780802062987Publisher: University of Toronto PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1977Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

This book discusses various aspects of image-making technologies, geometrical knowledge, and tools for architectural design, focusing in particular on two historical periods marked by comparable patterns of technological and cultural change.Author: Mario CarpoISBN-10: 0415402042ISBN-13: 9780415402040Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2007Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.61lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.63w...

Author: Sven-Olov WallensteinISBN-10: 9186883208ISBN-13: 9789186883201Publisher: 9605540 Staffan LundgrenLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2013Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d

Architecture meets agriculture in this "cookbook" that encourages sustainable practices in a desert regionCooking and architecture both start with a set of ingredients that combine to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. This creative catalog for the UAE Pavilion at...

Constellation.s, published to accompany and extend an exhibition at Bordeaux's Arc en Rêve, brings together perspectives from the social sciences, philosophy, architecture and economics to examine how cities are being reorganized to prepare for the challenges of the future. Author: Michel LussaultISBN-10: 2330089279ISBN-13: 9782330089276Publisher:...