An Introduction to Architectural Theory: 1968 to the Present
About this ebook
- The first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last fifty years
- surveys the intellectual history of architecture since 1968, including criticisms of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural theory, critical regionalism and tectonics
- Offers a comprehensive overview of the significant changes that architectural thinking has undergone in the past fifteen years
- Includes an analysis of where architecture stands and where it will likely move in the coming years
About the author
HARRY FRANCIS MALLGRAVE is a professor of architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology, and has enjoyed a distinguished career as an award-winning scholar, translator, and editor. His most recent publications include Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673–1968 (2005), the two volumes of Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 2005 (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005–8, volume 2 with co-editor Christina Contandriopoulos), and The Architect’s Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
DAVID GOODMAN is Studio Associate Professor of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology and is co-principal of R+D Studio. He has also taught architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and at Boston Architectural College. His work has appeared in the journal Log, in the anthology Chicago Architecture: Histories, Revisions, Alternatives, and in the Northwestern University Press publication Walter Netsch: A Critical Appreciation and Sourcebook.
