Critical architectural theory has, over the past decade and a half,
undergone significant transformation. The urgency of the 1990s
propractice movement, with its mandate to focus on the realities of
building, has shifted architectural theory away from utopian ideals
and heavy-handed cultural critiques toward the realities of
architecture and building. This transition renders theory's
immediate history particularly relevant to contemporary thought and
practice.
Constructing a New Agenda offers an overview of the myriad
approaches and attitudes adopted by architects and architectural
theorists during this era. In this long-awaited follow-up to our
critically acclaimed and best-selling anthology Theorizing a New
Agenda, editor A. Krista Sykes collects twenty-eight essays that
address architectural theory from the mid-1990s, where the first
volume left off, through the present.
Multiple themes--including the impact of digital technologies on
processes of architectural design, production, materiality, and
representation; the implications of globalization and networks of
information; the growing emphasis on sustainable and green
architecture; and the phenomenon of the "starchitect" and iconic
architecture--overlap to address the contemporary situation as a
whole. By providing, in one place, the keytheoretical texts of the
past fifteen years, Constructing a New Agenda becomes a foundation
for ongoing discussions surrounding contemporary architectural
thought and practice. Contributions by distinguished thinkers and
makers such as Stan Allen, Deborah Berke, Michael Braungart, Rem
Koolhaas, Sanford Kwinter, Greg Lynn, Reinhold Martin, William
McDonough, William Mitchell, Samuel Mockbee, Glenn Murcutt, Jesse
Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, Michael Speaks and Anthony Vidler are
preceded by brief introductions that establish each essay's
particular historical context and significance. An afterword by
preeminent architectural theorist K. Michael Hays reflects on where
architectural theory is today and where it's headed in the future.
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