For nearly fifty years The Building has primarily been viewed as a means rather than an end within architectural history and theory.
This volume presents an alternative to that trend by reconceiving it as a central discursive category in its own right. Contributors—including architects and academics from world-renowned institutions—offer insightful discussions of key architectural structures conceived in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.A. over the last three decades.
In doing so they propel architectural thinking’s importance as a domain of knowledge. Further, in exploring those structures through a number of questions both intra- and meta-disciplinary, this book suggests ways in which buildings can trigger conceptual frameworks whose influence extends well beyond architecture. A balanced text-to-image ratio caters to readers in both practice and academia.
The book is presented by the author José Aragüez on December 9th at 7:30 pm. It will be on sale in the Nomadic Store, resident of the Nord store.
5 Oct – 12 Dec 2016
