The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory

Edited by:

C. Greig Crysler - University of California, Berkeley, USA
Stephen Cairns - University of Edinburgh, UK
Hilde Heynen - Catholic Univeristy of Leuven, Belgium

February 2012 | 776 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory documents and builds upon some of the most innovative developments in architectural theory over the last two decades. Bringing into dialogue a range of geographically, institutionally and historically competing positions, the book examines and explores parallel debates in related fields. The book is divided into eight sections:

Power/Difference/Embodiment
Aesthetics/Pleasure/Excess
Nation/Spectacle/Modernity
History/Memory/Tradition
Design/Practice/Production
Technology/Science/Virtuality
Nature/Landscape/Sustainability
City/Metropolis/Territory

Creating openings for future lines of inquiry and establishing the basis for new directions for education, research and practice, the book organizes itself around specific case studies to provide a critical, interpretive and speculative enquiry into the relevant debates in architectural theory. A methodical, authoritative and comprehensive addition to the literature, the Handbook is suitable for academics, researchers and practitioners in architecture, urban geography, cultural studies, sociology and geography.

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C. Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen

Introduction - 1: Architectural Theory in an Expanded Field

C Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns, Hilde Heynen

Introduction - 2: Reading the Handbook

PART ONE: POWER/DIFFERENCE/EMBODIMENT

Hilde Heynen and Gwendolyn Wright

Introduction: Shifting Paradigms and Concerns

Ole W Fischer

Architecture, Capitalism and Criticality

Jyoti Hosagrahar

Interrogating Difference: Post-Colonial Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism

Jane Rendell

Tendencies and Trajectories: Feminist Approaches in Architecture

Section 1 Bibliography

Ines Weizman

Citizenship

PART TWO: AESTHETICS/PLEASURE/EXCESS

John Macarthur and Naomi Stead

Introduction: Architecture and Aesthetics

Jorge Otero-Pailos

Architectural Phenomenology and the Rise of the Postmodern

Sandra Kaji-O'Grady

Formalism and Forms of Practice

Bart Verschaffel

Art in (and of) Architecture: Autonomy and Medium

Section 2 Bibliography

Ana Miljacki

Consumption

PART THREE: NATION/WORLD/SPECTACLE

AbdouMaliq Simone

Introduction: Enacting Modernity

Abidin Kusno

Rethinking the Nation

Duanfang Lu

Entangled Modernities in Architecture

Shiloh Krupar and Stefan Al

Notes on the Society of the Brand

Section 3 Bibliography

Fernando Diez

Heritage

PART FOUR: HISTORY/MEMORY/TRADITION

C Greig Crysler

Introduction: Time's Arrows: Spaces of the Past

Mrinalini Rajagopalan

Preservation and Modernity: Competing Perspectives, Contested Histories and the Question of Authenticity

M Christine Boyer

Collective Memory Under Siege: The Case of 'Heritage Terrorism'

Robert Brown and Daniel Maudlin

Concepts of Vernacular Architecture

Section 4 Bibliography

Paul Walker

Culture

PART FIVE: DESIGN/PRODUCTION/PRACTICE

Dana Cuff

Introduction: Architecture's Double-Bind

Paolo Tombesi

Prometheus Unchained: The Multiple Itineraries of Contemporary Professional Freedom

Christopher Hight

Manners of Working: Fabricating Representation in Digital Based Design

David Salomon

Plural Profession, Discrepant Practices

Section 5 Bibliography

Stephen Cairns

Flows

PART SIX: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/VIRTUALITY

Arie Graafland and Heidi Sohn

Introduction: Technology, Science and Virtuality

N. Katherine Hayles and Todd Gannon

Virtual Architecture, Actual Media

Antoine Picon

Technology, Virtuality, Materiality

Jonathan Hale

Architecture, Technology and the Body: From the Pre-Human to the Post-Human

Section 6 Bibliography

Delia Duong Ba Wendel

Infrastructure

PART SEVEN: NATURE/ECOLOGY/SUSTAINABILITY

Simon Guy

Introduction: Whither 'Earthly' Architectures: Constructing Sustainability

Richard Ingersoll

The Ecology Question and Architecture

Peter Droege

Beyond Sustainability: Architecture in the Renewable City

Jiat-Hwee Chang

Tropical Variants of Sustainable Architecture: A Post-Colonial Perspective

Section 7 Bibliography

Kelly Shannon

Landscape

PART EIGHT: CITY/METROPOLIS/TERRITORY

Brian McGrath and Grahame Shane

Introduction: Metropolis, Megalopolis and Meta-City

Paola Viganò

The Contemporary European Urban Project: Archipelago City, Diffuse City and Reverse City.

Vyjayanthi Rao

Slum as Theory: Mega-Cities and Urban Models

Deborah Natsios

Common Lines of Flight towards the Open City

Section 8 Bibliography

Iain Low

Housing

This is an excellent publication addressing contemporary theoretical debates in architecture. Many of the issues the book deals with, including spatial practices, and sustainability are the focus of attention on our BA in Architectural Design. Through the process of engaging critically with the broad range of scholarly writing in the different sections it is hoped our students will deepen their understanding about architecture and develop their awareness of what it means to engage with architectural theoretical debates critically.

Mrs Maeliosa O'Brien

school of engineering and design, Sligo Institute of Technology

May 29, 2015

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A complete guide for students that engage with theoretical explorations suitable at all levels of study and covering a range of aspects.

Miss Liana Psarologaki

School of the Arts, Northampton University

September 24, 2014

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excellent key text. Very useful for helping students of architecture to develop their theoretical understanding of the subject.

Ms Anna Hawkins

Urban Studies , Sheffield Hallam University