Building

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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 worldrenowned 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. AUTHOR: Jose Araguez is a New York-based independent architect and writer with working experience at offices inSpain (Antonio J. Torrecillas), the Netherlands (MVRDV), and London (dom/ACXT). He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a PhD candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University. 416 illustrations

Reviews

"Contributors based in Europe and the United States offer incisive explorations of key architectural structures from the 1980s to the present"

-El Croquis

"In sum, a dense study of the area between the tangible world of buildings and the intangible world of ideas"

-Arquitectura Viva

"Many of the essential figures in the discursive scene worldwide contributed to this unprecedented volume with a view to propel architectural thinking to a new level of importance"

-e-flux

"By closely analyzing these structures, the forty-three contributors are able to consider both the discipline and domains far beyond its reach."

-Archinect
"Contributors based in Europe and the United States offer incisive explorations of key architectural structures from the 1980s to the present"

-El Croquis
"In sum, a dense study of the area between the tangible world of buildings and the intangible world of ideas"

-Arquitectura Viva
"Many of the essential figures in the discursive scene worldwide contributed to this unprecedented volume with a view to propel architectural thinking to a new level of importance"

-e-flux

"By closely analyzing these structures, the forty-three contributors are able to consider both the discipline and domains far beyond its reach." -Archinect

"Contributors based in Europe and the United States offer incisive explorations of key architectural structures from the 1980s to the present" -El Croquis

"In sum, a dense study of the area between the tangible world of buildings and the intangible world of ideas" -Arquitectura Viva

"Many of the essential figures in the discursive scene worldwide contributed to this unprecedented volume with a view to propel architectural thinking to a new level of importance" -e-flux

Author Bio

Jose Araguez is an architect and writer based in New York City. He is Adjunct Professor at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a PhD candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University.