José Aragüez (ed.)

The Building

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 world-renowned 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. Furthermore, 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.

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 world-renowned 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. Furthermore, 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.

Edited by José Aragüez

Design: Luke Bulman–Office,

17 × 24 cm, 6 ¾ × 9 ½ in

416 pages, 244 illustrations

hardback

2016, 978-3-03778-498-3, English
CHF 39.20 CHF 49.00

José Aragüez

José Aragüez is a practicing architect, writer, and educator. He holds a Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture from Princeton University, and lives and works between New York City and Paris.