Preface by Kenneth FramptonWinner of the 1985 Architectural Critics Award for the best book published on architectural criticism over the past three years.Since the early 1950s, Alan Colquhoun's criticism and...
Can it be objective in the context of paid content? Should it outline ideal practices? Or what else should it do? All contributions in this book address either the duty or the power of architectural criticism.
By turns poignant, coruscating, controversial and humorous - but always original and insightful - this book is a reminder of how exhilarating architectural writing at its best can be. 60 duotone illustrations
Throughout the book, Bowring delves into questions such as, how do we know if built or unbuilt works of landscape architecture are successful? What strategies are used to measure the success or failure, and by whom?
Throughout the book, Bowring delves into questions such as, how do we know if built or unbuilt works of landscape architecture are successful? What strategies are used to measure the success or failure, and by whom?
This important addition to the Architecture Briefs series is based on the author's design writing courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts.
The Concept of Function in Twentieth-century Architectural Criticism
"The architecture of Scogin, Elam, and Bray offers an uncontestably intriguing object for critics and theorists. Their practice is markedly unconventional, but still participates in and reinterprets numerous architectural conventions,...
One of the most important collections of essays in architectural criticism published in the last decade, "Architecture Criticism Ideology"sparked a debate on the context of the critique of ideology.This book...
When engaging architecture, we architects and architecture critics seem reluctant to provide or account for the real ... This intensely creative work is then passed on to an executive architectural team that produces the extensive con- ...