Architecture’s Theory

Architecture’s Theory
Author :
Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 273
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780262544979
ISBN-13 : 0262544970
Rating : 4/5 (970 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Architecture’s Theory by : Catherine Ingraham

Download or read book Architecture’s Theory written by Catherine Ingraham and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of illuminating essays exploring what theory makes of architecture and what architecture makes of theory in philosophical and materialized contexts. From poststructuralism and deconstruction to current theories of technology and nature, critical theory has long been closely aligned with architecture. In turn, architecture as a thinking profession materializes theory in the form of built work that always carries symbolic loads. In this collection of essays, Catherine Ingraham studies the complex connectivity between architecture's discipline and practice and theories of philosophy, art, literature, history, and politics. She argues that there can be no architecture without theory. Whether considering architecture’s relationship to biomodernity or exploring the ways in which contemporary artists and designers engage in figural play, Ingraham offers provocative interpretations that enhance our understanding of both critical theory and architectural practice today. Along the way, she engages with a wide range of contemporary theorists, including Giorgio Agamben, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Graham Harman, and Timothy Morton, considering buildings around the world, including the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, the Viceroy’s House complex in New Delhi, Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam's Wolfsburg Science Center project in Germany, and the Superdome in New Orleans. Approaching its subject matter from multiple angles, Architecture’s Theory shows how architecture's theoretical and artifactual practices have a unique power to alter culture.


Architecture’s Theory Related Books

How Architecture Tells
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Robert Steinberg
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Fairy Tales
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Blank Space
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-30 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The second edition of "Fairy Tales: When Architecture Tells A Story" includes the 25 best entries to the 2015 Fairy Tales competition organized by Blank Space.
The Work of Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robert McCarter
Categories: Architects
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An inspiring monograph that captures the practical yet beautiful architecture of one of the leading architectural firms in the world
The Architecture of Harry Weese
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: Robert Bruegmann
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This study tells the story of one of America's most gifted architects of the postwar years.
Architecture’s Theory
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Catherine Ingraham
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-18 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A collection of illuminating essays exploring what theory makes of architecture and what architecture makes of theory in philosophical and materialized contexts