Theoretical Meltdown

Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi is an architectural writer and critic. He teaches contemporary architectural history at ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome. He writes for Domus, The Plan, L’Arca, Abitare and AD, is the Italian correspondent for A10 (The Netherlands), Monument (Australia) and The Architects’ Newspaper (US), and an editor at Le Carré Bleu. He is the director of the weekly presS/Tletter (www.presstletter.com) and curator of numerous exhibitions and events. His many books include HyperArchitecture (Testo&Immagine & Birkhäuser, 1998), Antonio Citterio (Edilstampa, 2005), Dieci Anni di architettura: 1996–2006 (Prospettive edizioni, 2006) and New Directions in Contemporary Architecture (John Wiley, 1988). He was also guest-editor of AD Italy: A New Architectural Landscape (2007).