The Figure of Knowledge: Conditioning Architectural Theory, 1960s - 1990s - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9462702241 ISBN 13: 9789462702240

Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Critical historiography of architectural theory

It is a major challenge to write the history of post-WWII architectural theory without boiling it down to a few defining paradigms. An impressive anthologising effort during the 1990s charted architectural theory mostly via the various theoretical frameworks employed, such as critical theory, critical regionalism, deconstructivism, and pragmatism.

Yet the intellectual contours of what constitutes architectural theory have been constantly in flux. It is therefore paramount to ask what kind of knowledge has become important in the recent history of architectural theory and how the resulting figure of knowledge sets the conditions for the actual arguments made.

The contributions in this volume focus on institutional, geographical, rhetorical, and other conditioning factors. They thus screen the unspoken rules of engagement that postwar architectural theory ascribed to.

Contributors: Matthew Allen (University of Toronto), Karen Burns (University of Melbourne), Ole W. Fischer (University of Utah), Philip Goad (University of Melbourne), Hilde Heynen (KU Leuven), Rajesh Heynickx (KU Leuven), Paul Holmquist (Louisiana State University), Sandra Kaji-O’Grady (University of Queensland), Peter Lang (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm), André Loeckx (KU Leuven), Sebastiaan Loosen (KU Leuven), Louis Martin (Université du Québec à Montréal), Joan Ockman (University of Pennsylvania), Carmen Popescu (ENSAB, Rennes), Ricardo Ruivo (Architectural Association, London), Andrew Toland (University of Technology Sydney).

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Listen to an interview with Sebastiaan Loosen, Rajesh Heynickx, and Hilde Heynen at New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-figure-of-knowledge

About this title

About the Authors

Sebastiaan Loosen is a postdoctoral researcher at the KTH Stockholm.

Rajesh Heynickx is gewoon hoogleraar aan de Faculteit Architectuur en voorzitter van het Departement Architectuur van de KU Leuven.

Rajesh Heynickx is intellectual historian at KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture.

Hilde Heynen is professor emerita of architectural theory at KU Leuven.

From the Back Cover

It is a major challenge to write the history of post-WWII architectural theory without boiling it down to a few defining paradigms. An impressive anthologising effort during the 1990s charted architectural theory mostly via the various theoretical frameworks employed, such as critical theory, critical regionalism, deconstructivism, and pragmatism.

Yet the intellectual contours of what constitutes architectural theory have been constantly in flux. It is therefore paramount to ask what kind of knowledge has become important in the recent history of architectural theory and how the resulting figure of knowledge sets the conditions for the actual arguments made.

The contributions in this volume focus on institutional, geographical, rhetorical, and other conditioning factors. They thus screen the unspoken rules of engagement that postwar architectural theory ascribed to.

Edition details

• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9462702241
• ISBN 13: 9789462702240
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 321
• Editor: Loosen Sebastiaan, Heynickx Rajesh, Heynen Hilde