Theory of Architecture

Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the work of the twentieth century’s celebrated German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the aspects of Gadamer’s philosophy that have been the most influential among architects, educators in architecture, and architectural theori..

This significant text brings together for the first time the most important essays concerning the intersecting subjects of gender, space and architecture...

This significant text brings together for the first time the most important essays concerning the intersecting subjects of gender, space and architecture...

A comprehensive introduction to the problematics of gender and power in architectural and urban design...

A comprehensive introduction to the problematics of gender and power in architectural and urban design...

Identifying and documenting a previously unrecognized compositional tradition – characterized here as the 'screen façade' – this book posits it as a counter-narrative critiquing the essentialist, 'authentic' canon currently dominant in Western architectural history. By crossing evenly over the divid..

This book posits the 'screen façade' as a counter-narrative critiquing the essentialist, 'authentic' canon currently dominant in Western architectural history...

This book posits the 'screen façade' as a counter-narrative critiquing the essentialist, 'authentic' canon currently dominant in Western architectural history...

Bringing together essays and interviews from leading scholars, this volume investigates and critically addresses various dimensions of the present crisis of architecture...

Judging from the debates taking place in both education and practice, it appears that architecture is deeply in crisis. New design and production techniques, together with the globalization of capital and even skilled-labour, have reduced architecture to a commodified object, its aesthetic qualities..

An accessible introduction to the aspects of Goodman’s philosophy which have been the most influential among architects and architectural theorists...

An accessible introduction to the aspects of Goodman’s philosophy which have been the most influential among architects and architectural theorists...