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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

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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 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

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 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 In sum, a dense study of the area between the tangible world of buildings and the intangible world of ideas -Arquitectura Viva Contributors based in Europe and the United States offer incisive explorations of key architectural structures from the 1980s to the present -El Croquis

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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.

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