Architecture and criticism

Since its first edition in 1999, Arquitectura y crítica (Architecture and Criticism) has become one of the reference introductory texts on architectural criticism and historiography. What is criticism? What are its objectives and meanings? Does it make any sense? This book, now in its fourth edition, answers these questions briefly and didactically, focusing on the historical trajectory of the relationship between architecture and criticism.

Starting with the pioneers of 21st-century architectural criticism, key figures in modern historiography such as Sigfried Giedion, or the texts of leading architects like Adolf Loos or Le Corbusier, moving through the different interpretations derived from existentialism, phenomenology, iconography, or structuralism, such as Aldo Rossi, Manfredo Tafuri, Colin Rowe, and Marina Waisman, and finally reaching the post-structuralist landscape with names like Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas, or Micha Bandini, this brief basic guide presents a historical overview of architectural criticism that allows one to understand the historiographical keys of architecture from its origins to the present day.

ISBN: 9788425233869