Main entry:

Pawley, Martin.

Title & Author:

The strange death of architectural criticism : Martin Pawley collected writings / edited by David Jenkins ; foreword by Norman Foster.

Publication:

London : Black Dog Pub., ©2007.

Description:

448 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-440) and index.
Foreword / Norman Foster -- Introduction / David Jenkins -- The Time House 1968 -- Looking for a sound 1969 -- Meeting Buckminster Fuller 1970 -- A new kind of message in a bottle 1975 -- My lovely student life 1975 -- We shall not bulldoze Westminster Abbey: Archigram and the retreat from technology 1976 -- Thoughts on the design of houses and banknotes 1978 -- This England-coming home 1980 -- What does vernacular really mean? 1981 -- The defence of modern architecture 1983 -- Sex, violence and design 1983 -- Self-build workstations: a partial history 1983 -- Norman Foster 6.0, 6.0, 6.0 1984 -- Building revisits: Coventry Cathedral 1984 -- Building revisits: Hunstanton School 1984 -- The most important building of the twentieth century 1984 -- Heavy stuff this symbolism 1984 -- Beyond messing about in boats 1984 -- Office design in Eternia 1985 -- Quinlan Terry: beyond the tantrums of modernism 1985 -- Plucky Jim 1985 -- Doubts about Lloyd's 1986 -- Two triumphs of twisted wire 1986 -- Dan Dare: an extremely small step for mankind 1986 -- Welcome to the House of Fun 1986 -- A winter school's tale 1987 -- Objects of our time: the Piccadilly Line train 1987 -- Tower blocks and tourist castles 1987 -- Technology transfer 1987 -- The secret life of the engineers 1989 -- Life in the urban war zone 1989 -- Lost arks of the air 1989 -- Dymaxion: the car that never flew 1989 -- Is ecology all hot air? 1990 -- A precedent for the Prince 1990 -- The footmen of Alexandra Road 1990 -- The best lecture I ever gave 1990 -- In pursuit of the ultimate driving machine 1990 -- Exogenous shock 1990 -- Where the big sheds are 1990 -- Notes on the meaning of trivial things 1991 -- The design origins of royal train syndrome 1991 -- High-tech architecture: history versus the parasites 1991 -- The cost of the new culture of cities 1991 -- Henry Ford and the biospherans 1991 -- What London learned from Las Vegas 1991 -- What's in a name? 1991 -- Stansted and the triumph of big sheds 1991 -- And you thought your car was good for nothing 1992 -- Nigel Coates: from nihilist to planner 1992 -- A full and Frank talk 1992 -- The case for uncreative architecture 1992 -- Lunch with Leon Krier 1992 -- Zaha escapes the pull of gravity 1993 -- Tales of the obsolescent 1993 -- Invasion of the body snatchers 1995 -- Invasion of the vibrators 1996 -- Frank Lloyd Wright fights for his life 1996 -- The rise of the engineer 1996 -- After postmodernism, terrorism 1996 -- Meeting the future everywhere 1997 -- From here to modernity 1997 -- Seat pocket aliens 1997 -- The myth of monumentality 1997 -- So long recycling, here comes secondary use 1997 -- A night to remember 1998 -- Terminal architecture 1998 -- The strange death of architectural criticism 1998 -- When air conditioning meets its match 1999 -- A brace of fins du siecles 1999 -- The new life of Albert Speer 2000 -- Traffic congestion and confusion 2000 -- America: it's 24-7 at mission critical 2001 -- Ordering buildings like hamburgers 2001 -- Rocket science at the AA 2001 -- Shooting at statues 2001 -- Hong Kong's space shuffle 2001 -- Tall buildings: the end of a civilisation 2001 -- How to get famous by not building anything 2002 -- Battleships hold the key to the future of tall buildings 2002 -- Saved by the intelligent toilet 2002 -- Why prefabrication fails 2002 -- Technological jewels in the crown 2003 -- The defining moment of modernism 2003 -- Porsche 911, a genetically modified machine 2003 -- Nonsuch Metropolitan University summer school 2003 -- Return of the phone box 2003 -- Not-so-smart intelligent buildings 2003 -- Henry Ford and the limits of prefabrication 2003 -- The end of an interface 2003 -- It's an ill wind ... 2004 -- The nine ages of transport 2004 -- The myth of the urban future 2004 -- Flying antiques 2004 -- Heavy bottles for a picnic 2004 -- The strange world of luxury watches 2004 -- The young dig in their heels 2005 -- How total urbanism will come to grief 2005 -- The answer to an historical conundrum 2005 -- The biggest house sale in history 2005.

Summary:

"The Strange Death of Architectural Criticism brings together 100 essays and articles by Martin Pawley, an international commentator on contemporary architecture and design. Spanning Pawley's 40-year career, this book is a celebration of his remarkable body of work. It features interviews with architects, including Norman Foster, Buckminster Fuller, Leon Krier and Zaha Hadid, along with writings on some of the most important issues facing architecture today."--Jacket

Resources:
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ISBN:

1906155194
9781906155193

Subject:

Architectural criticism.
Critique d'architecture.
architectural criticism.
Architektur

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Jenkins, David, 1957 September 25-
Jenkins, David
Foster, Norman, 1935-

Martin Pawley collected writings

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257190
Call No.: BIB 187638
Status: Available