The contested territory of architectural theory
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The contested territory of architectural theory
Routledge, 2023
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
* Broad coverage - chapters critically explore architectural theory through a diverse range of lenses.
* Timely - the book makes the subject of architectural theory relevant to contemporary practice and issues of the present day e.g. environmental crises, artificial intelligence, and social inequity.
* Written and edited by experts in their field.
Table of Contents
Foreword PART I. Historical Perspectives on Architectural Theory 1. What ever Became of Architectural Theory? 2. Architecture's Historiographical Turn 3. Erase the Traces! History and Destruction in Brecht, Benjamin, and Tafuri 4. The End of Theory and the Division between History and Design 5. Rehabilitating Operative Criticism: The Return of Theory against Entrepreneurialism 6. Building Without End: The Travails of Arche and Techne 7. The Theory Nobody Knows 8. Theorizing a Modern Tradition 9. Postmodernist Revivalism and Architectural Gimmicks PART II. Alternative Visions and New Directions 10. The Form of Utopia: Architectural Theory in the age of Hyperobjects 11. Senses of Reality, or: Realism and Aesthetics, Today? 12. On the Use and Abuse of Biological Functionalism for Architecture 13. Architecture Theory in the Age of Acceleration 14. Architecture, Justice, and Theories of Rights 15. Colonialism as Style: On the Beaux-Arts Tradition 16. Feminist Architectural Figurations: Relating Theory to Practice through Writing in Time 17. From Deconstruction to Artificial Intelligence: The New Theoretical Paradigm
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