Introducing Architectural Theory : Debating a Discipline (Hardcover)

Preface: To Educators: The Impetus for this Book Part 1: Debate in Architecture Introduction: To Students: Why Architectural Theory is Vital. Debating a Discipline: Architecture, Argument, and the Concept of the Dialectic Part 2: Dialectical Readings in Architecture 2.1 Tectonics. 1. Simplicity and Complexity: Original Text: Where Do We Stand? Marcel Breuer ReflectiveText: Excerpts from Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Robert Venturi Philosophical Text: On Simplicity Vittorio Gregotti. 2. Ornament and Austerity Original Text: Ornament and Crime Adolf Loos Reflective Text: Ornament and Crime: The Decisive Contribution of Adolf Loos Reyner Banham Philosophical Text: Ornament Is No Crime Joseph Rykwert 3. Honesty and Deception Original Text: The Lamp of Truth John Ruskin Reflective Text: Excerpts from ‘Discourses on Architecture’ Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc Philosophical Text: Truth to the Medium: Using Materials Fil Hearn 4. Material and Immaterial Original Text: Excerpts from The Art of Building in Ten Books (Book III) Leon Battista Alberti Reflective Text: Excerpts from The Eyes of the Skin Juhani Pallasmaa Philosophical Text: Excerpts from Immaterial Architecture Jonathan Hill 2.2 Use 5. Function and Form Original Text: The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered Louis Sullivan Reflective Text: Excerpts from ‘Architecture and Disjunction’ Bernard Tschumi Philosophical Text: Function Adrian Forty 6. Function and Form (part 2) Original Text: Excerpts from ‘An American Architecture’ Frank L. Wright Reflective Text: Post-Functionalism Peter Eisenman Philosophical Text: Purpose, Function, Use Richard Hill 7. Body and Building Original Text: Excerpts from The Ten Books on Architecture (Book III) Marcus Vitruvius Reflective Text: Le Modulor Le Corbusier Philosophical Text: Hidden Lines: Gender, Race, and the Body Lance Hosey 8. Proportion and Organization Original Text: Excerpts from The Four Books on Architecture Andrea Palladio Reflective Text: The Plan of the Modern House Le Corbusier Philosophical Text: The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa Colin Row 2.3 Site 9. Context and Building Original Text: Excerpts from The Radiant City Le Corbusier Reflective Text: Excerpts from The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs Philosophical Text: Contextualism: Urban Ideals and Deformations Tom Schumacher 10. Context and Building (part 2) Original Text: Experts from The Ten Books on Architecture (Book I) Marcus Vitruvius Reflective Text: Excerpts from Learning from Las Vegas Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour Philosophical Text: Context Adrian Forty 11. Natural and Constructed Original Text: Excerpts from ‘An Essay on Architecture’ Marc-Antoine Laugier Reflective Text: Territory and Architecture Vittorio Gregotti Philosophical Text: On Site: Architectural Preoccupations Carol Burns 12. Natural and Constructed (part 2) Original Text: Excerpts from 'Genius Loci' Christian Norburg-Shulz Reflective Text: Excerpts from ‘Place and Placelessness’ Edward Relph Philosophical Text: Genius Loci: Hidden Truth or Hidden Agenda? Kathryn Moore Appendices (for students) Guide to Reading Comprehension and Analysis. Guide to Descriptive, Analytical, and Disputational Writing. Guide to Citation Styles. Guide to Library-based Research