Theoretical MeltdownISBN: 978-0-470-99779-6
Paperback
136 pages
February 2009
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Theory in Architecture XIII to XX Century (Francesco Proto).
A Short History of Western Architecture from Vitruvius to Rem Koolhaas (Francesco Proto).
Critic's Focus: junya.ishigami+associates (Joseph Grima).
Evaporating Theory: An Interview with Yves Michaud (Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi).
Critic's Focus: muf architecture/art (Claes Sörstedt).
Twenty Years After (Deconstructivism) An Interview with Bernard Tschumi (Michele Costanzo).
Critic's Focus: Nábito Arquitectura (Manuel Gausa).
Digital Morphogenesis (Neil Leach).
Critic's Focus: Atelier Kempe Thill (Hans Ibelings).
Meeting the New Boss: After the Death of Theory (Christopher Hight).
Critic's Focus: Josep Lluís Mateo/MAP Architects (Krunoslav Ivanisin).
The Life of Space (Derrick de Kerckhove and Antonio Tursi).
Critic's Focus: (ecosistema urbano) (Roman Rutkowski and Lukasz Wojciechowski).
Architecture as a Dissident Practice An Interview with Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Olympia Kazi).
Critic's Focus: Supersudaca (Carlos Sant' Ana).
Club Cinemetrics: New Post-Perspectival Design Methodologies (Brian McGrath, Hsueh, Cheng Leun, Paul CHU Hoi Shan, José De Jesús Zamora and Victoria Marshall).
Critic's Focus: Stalker/ON (Peter Lang).
That Old Thing Called Flexibility: An interview with Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (Francesco Proto).
Critic's Focus: The Center for urban Pedagogy (CUP) (Bill Menking).
Spaces of Freedom (Emiliano Gandolfi).
'To Go Beyond or Not to Be' Unsolicited Architecture: An Interview with Ole Bouman (Luca Guido).
Critic's Focus: MAD (Jiang Jun).
Cross the River by Touching the Stones: Chinese Architecture and Political Economy in the Reform Era: 1978-2008 (Tao Zhu).
Critic's Focus: Exit Ltd (Shumon Basar).
Some Conclusions Liberating Ourselves from the Tyranny of Architecture (Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi).
A Not So Well-Reasoned: Bibliography (Francesco Proto).
Interior Eye: WORK Architecture Company's Diane von Furstenberg Studio, New York (Jayne Merkel).
Building Profile: Vassall Road Housing and Healthcare Centre, Brixton, London (David Littlefield).
Practice Profile: 51% Studios (Howard Watson).
Spiller's Bite: What Are You Looking At (Neil Spiller)?
Unit Factor: Algorithmic Design (Maria Bessa).
Yeang's Eco-Files: Nanoenergy (Ken Yeang).
McLean's Nuggets (Will McLean).
Userscape: Investigating Culture Through the Senses (Valentina Croci).
Site Lines: Baroque Parameters (Andrew Saunders).