Critiques

Book Series in Architecture

New & Published Titles:

Agency

Working With Uncertain Architectures

Edited by Florian Kossak, Doina Petrescu, Tatjana Schneider, Renata Tyszczuk, Stephen Walker

While the potential of agency is most frequently taken to be the power and freedom to act for oneself, for the architectural community this also…

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56602-5 (Routledge)

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Curating Architecture and the City

Edited by Sarah Chaplin, Alexandra Stara

Addressing the collection, representation and exhibition of architecture and the built environment, this book explores current practices, historical precedents, theoretical issues and future possibilities arising…

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48983-6 (Routledge)

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From Models to Drawings

Imagination and Representation in Architecture

Edited by Marco Frascari, Jonathan Hale, Bradley Starkey

This edited collection addresses the vital role of the imagination in the critical interpretation of architectural representations. By challenging the contemporary tendency for computer-aided drawings…

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48798-6 (Routledge)

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The Politics of Making

Edited by Mark Swenarton, Igea Troiani, Helena Webster

A unique collection of contemporary writings, this book explores the politics involved in the making and experiencing of architecture and cities from a cross-cultural and…

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48800-6 (Routledge)

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Critical Architecture

Edited by Jane Rendell, Jonathan Hill, Mark Dorrian, Murray Fraser

Critical Architecture examines the relationship between critical practice in architecture and architectural criticism. Placing architecture in an interdisciplinary context, the book explores architectural criticism with…

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41538-5 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

Series Editor: Jonathan Hale, University of Nottingham, UK

This original series of books will publish edited collections of the best papers presented at the recently established AHRA Annual International Conference series. Each year the event will have its own thematic focus, while also being linked by a shared preoccupation with new and emerging critical research in the areas of architectural history, theory, culture, design and urbanism.

Forthcoming Titles:

Architecture and Field/Work
Edited by Suzanne Ewing, Jeremie Michael McGowan, Chris Speed, Victoria Clare Bernie
To be published October 11th 2010