Describes the one hundred year history of internal atmosphere and light management systems from convection-duct ventilation to solar-wall heating[...]
First published in 1960, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age has become required reading in numerous courses on the history of modern architecture and is widely regarded as one of the definitive books on the modern movement. It has influenced a generation of students and critics interested in[...]
Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its manifestations of popular taste and industrial ingenuity, as well as its more traditional modes of residential and commercial building. His construct of[...]
Reyner Banham and the Paradoxes of High Tech reassesses one of the most influential voices in twentieth-century architectural history through a detailed examination of Banham's writing on High Tech architecture and its immediate antecedents. Taking as a guide Banham's habit of structuring his writin[...]
Arkitekturens relation till konsumtion och den kommersiella marknaden har idag blivit allt mer framträdande: det offentliga rummet privatiseras; städer jämförs med företag; det funktionalistiska formspråket har blivit till nostalgiska bilder i en försäljningsstrategi och arkitekten har fått[...]