On the duty and power of architectural criticism / Kenneth Frampton [and many others] ; edited by Wilfried Wang.

Main entry:

International Conference on Architectural Criticism (2021 : Online)

Title & Author:

On the duty and power of architectural criticism / Kenneth Frampton [and many others] ; edited by Wilfried Wang.

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books ; [Austin, Texas] : The University of Texas at Austin, [2022]
©2022

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portrait ; 26 cm

Notes:
"This book is published following the International Conference on Architectural Criticism held online on October 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2021."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Origins and Approaches -- High Culture in Conflict -- Criticism and its Effects -- Explicit Criticism -- Critical Reflections.

Summary:

Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis to it? Does it have a duty to present evidence in the evaluation of a building? Or should it take on what architects say about their designs? In the context of a flat internet, should architectural criticism be able to define best practices? Does it wield the power over who is in and who is out? Architectural criticism is at a crucial juncture. While serious architecture struggles for recognition, much so-called architectural criticism is merely a poorly paid, decorative legitimation for hyperbolic practice. Incisive architectural criticism is rare, while the definition of criticism itself has become opaque. The 2021 International Conference on Architecture Criticism has gathered exceptional papers that define the purposes and methods of architectural criticism: What should be the ethical basis of architectural criticism? Can it be objective in the context of paid content? Should it outline ideal practices? Or what else should it do? All contributions in this book address either the duty or the power of architectural criticism. In both cases, the authors offer the outline of one analysis of an existing building. Incisive and thought-provoking, On the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism provides concrete case studies for future generations of architectural critics.

ISBN:

9783038602712 paperback
303860271X

Subject:

Architectural criticism Congresses.
Architecture Congresses.
Architecture, European Congresses.
Architectural criticism.
Critique d'architecture.
Architecture Congrès.
Critique d'architecture Congrès.
architectural criticism.
Architecture
Architecture, European

Form/genre:

proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Essays
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Frampton, Kenneth, contributor.
Wang, Wilfried, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317629
Call No.: 317629
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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