SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory

SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory documents and builds upon the most innovative developments in architectural theory over the last two decades. Bringing into dialogue a range of geographically, institutionally and historically competing positions, the book examines and explores parallel debates in related fields. The book is divided into eight sections:

• Power/Difference/Embodiment

• Aesthetics/Pleasure/Excess

• Nation/Spectacle/Modernity

• History/Memory/Tradition

• Design/Practice/Production

• Technology/Science/Virtuality

• Nature/Landscape/Sustainability

• City/Metropolis/Territory.

Special project sections, focusing on architectural designs and built works, follow each section in order to articulate its themes.

Creating openings for future lines of inquiry and establishing the basis for new directions for education, research and practice, the book is organized around specific case studies to provide a critical, interpretive and speculative enquiry into the relevant debates in architectural theory. A methodical, authoritative and comprehensive addition to the literature, the Handbook is suitable for academics, researchers and practioners in architecture, urban studies, cultural studies, sociology and geography.

Introduction: Architectural Theory in an Expanded Field C Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns, Hilde Heynen
Reading the Handbook: Three Itineraries C Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns, Hilde Heynen
PART ONE: POWER/DIFFERENCE/EMBODIMENT
Introduction: Shifting Paradigms and Concerns Hilde Heynen and Gwendolyn Wright
Architecture, Capitalism and Criticality Ole W Fischer
Interrogating Difference: Post-Colonial Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism Jyoti Hosagrahar
Tendencies and Trajectories: Feminist Approaches in Architecture Jane Rendell
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Citizenship Ines Weizman
PART TWO: AESTHETICS/PLEASURE/EXCESS
Introduction: Architecture and Aesthetics John Macarthur and Naomi Stead
Architectural Phenomenology and the Rise of the Postmodern Jorge Otero-Pailos
Formalism and Forms of Practice Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
Art in (and of) architecture: Autonomy and Medium Bart Verschaffel
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Consumption Ana Miljacki
PART THREE: NATION/WORLD/SPECTACLE
Introduction: Enacting Modernity AbdouMaliq Simone
Rethinking the Nation Abidin Kusno
Entangled Modernities in Architecture Duanfang Lu
Notes on the Society of the Spectacle Brand Shiloh Krupar and Stefan Al
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Heritage Fernando Diez
PART FOUR: HISTORY/MEMORY/TRADITION
Introduction: Time's Arrows: Spaces of the Past C Greig Crysler
Preservation and Modernity: Competing Perspectives, Contested Histories and the Question of Authenticity Mrinalini Rajagopalan
Collective Memory Under Siege: The Case of 'Heritage Terrorism' M Christine Boyer
Concepts of Vernacular Architecture Bob Brown and Daniel Maudlin
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Culture Paul Walker
PART FIVE: DESIGN/PRODUCTION/PRACTICE
Introduction: Architecture's Double-Bind Dana Cuff
Prometheus Unchained: The Multiple Itineraries of Contemporary Professional Freedom Paolo Tombesi
Manners of Working: Fabricating Representation in Digital Based Design Christopher Hight
Plural Profession, Discrepant Practices David Salomon
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Flows Stephen Cairns
PART SIX: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/VIRTUALITY
Introduction: Technology, Science and Virtuality Arie Graafland and Heidi Sohn
Virtual Architecture, Digital Media N Katherine Hayles and Todd Gannon
Technology, Virtuality, Materiality Antoine Picon
Architecture, Technology and the Body: From the Prehuman to the Posthuman Jonathan Hale
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Infrastructure Delia Duong BaWendel
PART SEVEN: NATURE/ECOLOGY/SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction: Whither 'Earthly' Architectures: Constructing Sustainability Simon Guy
The Ecology Question and Architecture Richard Ingersoll
Beyond Sustainability: Architecture in the Renewable City Peter Droege
Tropical Variants of Sustainable Architecture: A Postcolonial Perspective Jiat-Hwee Chang
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Landscape Kelly Shannon
PART EIGHT: CITY/METROPOLIS/TERRITORY
Introduction: Metropolis, Megalopolis and Metacity Brian McGrath and Grahame Shane
The Contemporary European Urban Project: Archipelago City, Diffuse City and Reverse City. Paola Viganò
Slum as Theory: Mega-Cities and Urban Models Vyjayanthi Rao
Common Lines of Flight Towards the Open City Deborah Natsios
Section Bibliography
Project Section: Housing Iain Low