An Introduction to Architectural Theory

A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, <i>An Introduction to Architectural Theory</i> is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. <ul> <li>The first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last fifty years</li> <li>surveys the intellectual history of architecture since 1968, including criticisms of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural theory, critical regionalism and tectonics</li> <li>Offers a comprehensive overview of the significant changes that architectural thinking has undergone in the past fifteen years</li> <li>Includes an analysis of where architecture stands and where it will likely move in the coming years</li> </ul>