Description of the book
Since its first edition in 1999, Architecture and Criticism has become one of the referential introductory texts to architectural criticism and historiography.
What is criticism? What are its objectives and meanings? Does it make any sense?
This book, which is now edited for the third time, answers this questions in a brief and didactic manner, focusing on the relation between architecture and criticism throughout history.
From the pioneers of architectural criticism in the 19th century, to the main characters of modern historiography, like Sigried Giedion, the texts of outstanding architects like Adolf Loos or Le Corbusier, the different interpretations that emerged from existentialism, phenomenology, iconography or structuralism, like Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri and Colin Rowe, to the poststructuralist scene, with Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas or Kenneth Frampton; this basic guide presents a historic overview of architectural criticism, from its origins to our days.
Text: Josep Maria Montaner.
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Size.- 13 x 20 cm.
Number of pages.- 128 pg.
Published by Gustavo Gili.
Year: 2013
3rd Edition.
ISBN: 9788425227097