Drawing on critical theory, geography and philosophy, this text extends and critiques the discipline of architectural theory from a feminist perspective.
Examines the relationship between critical practice in architecture and architectural criticism. This book explores architectural criticism with reference to modes of criticism in other disciplines - specifically art criticism - and considers how critical practice in architecture operates through different modes of buildings, drawings and texts.
Until recently, architectural historians have focused their attention on buildings financed by wealthy patrons and designed by prestigious architects. Historical analysis has centered on the politics of this architecture and how social class has contributed to the design. Feminist historians have explored the role of women architects, and they have examined how gender difference informs architectural design.Developing these areas of research, ...
There have been some developments in the nature of collaboration between artists and architects and in the approaches taken by artists making work intended for public spaces. This book explores the proliferation of pioneering work by both artists and architects that seeks to blur traditional boundaries between the two fields.
Shows what happens when discussions concerning situatedness and site-specificity enter the writing of art criticism. This title explores the sites such as the material, emotional, political and conceptual settings of the artwork's construction, exhibition and documentation, as well as those remembered, dreamed and imagined.
