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Visiting the widows of late-modernity
Within architectural history the edge between modernity and late-modernity is filled with images of the elderly, mostly elderly women. We see this most famously in the photographs of the Vanna Venturi...
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Tools of the trade
Architectural theory is often considered a process of writing (and often denigrated as a result), but the production of architectural thought always engaged other tools of expression besides quill,...
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Experiments in Hipster Criticism
Susan Sontag’s vaguely noirish, Chandleresque and glamorous crit of the Seagram Building — “Like a gigolo’s hand up a silk stocking…” Need we say more? Watch it all below. *ps: and for contemporary...
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Geographical machines in architectural thought
An ongoing obsession here involves the possible links between architecture and geography. There are so many different ways to think about this: the historical use of geographical thought in...
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“Historical Practice”
“Historical Practice” was the driving theme of my presentation at Storefront for Art and Architecture’s Postopolis! LA. I spoke on Wednesday, April 1st; stuck around to hear extremely interesting...
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Philippe Petit — Architecture Critic
Wow; finally saw this film chronicling Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Centers. I usually have some shame when plugging major release motion pictures, but I loved this...
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