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OverviewA collection of illuminating essays exploring what theory makes of architecture and what architecture makes of theory in philosophical and materialized contexts. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine IngrahamPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780262544979ISBN 10: 0262544970 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 18 April 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Preface: Questions for a Theorist with Aleksandra Stupar vii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1 Slow Dancing: Circa 1987 13 2 ""Nothing Will Come of Nothing"" 25 3 Creative Omnipotence: Architectural Objects 41 4 Democratic Subjects 53 5 ""This Earth Has Lines upon Its Face"" 67 6 Amphitheater: The Proprieties in Question 89 7 Evidence of Absence 101 8 Evidence of Presence 117 9 Biomodernity 131 10 Faculties 141 11 A Natural History of the Stock Exchange 161 12 The Donkey's Way 183 Coda: Hospitality 207 Notes 213 Index 247"ReviewsAuthor InformationCatherine Ingraham is a professor of architecture and urban design in the graduate architecture program at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She was a visiting faculty member at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design from 2015 to 2019. A former editor of the journal Assemblage, she is the author of Architecture and the Burdens of Linearity and Architecture, Animal, Human. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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