Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415346542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 488 str.

William W. Braham; Jonathan A. Hale; John Stanislav Sadar

Opis

This book is an essential reference for all students of architecture, design and the built environment providing a convenient single source for all the key texts in the fast developing discipline of the philosophy of technology. The authors focus on the interplay between technology and society and consider the impact of technology on fields as diverse as: art and visual culture; politics, the environment, gender and the hottest topic of all in today's digitally mediated world the promise of a virtual future inside the fluid 'space' of the computer.
Each section is introduced with a brief critical commentary, situating the readings in an historical and theoretical context. The collection draws on the work of many of the key figures in twentieth century philosophy and cultural theory, including Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Marshall McLuhan, Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio as well as a range of writers at the cutting-edge of contemporary digital culture such Manuel de Landa, Marcos Novak and Hubert Dreyfus.

Recenzje

'The inclusion of the remarkable essay ... The Sociology of the Door Closer makes the book worth its price; everything else (and there is much to surprise even the best-read architectural theorist) is a bonus.' - Architectural Review

Spis treści

1901: Frank Lloyd Wright  1914: Antonio Sant' Elia  1915: Patrick Geddes  1923: Le Corbusier  1928: Siegfried Giedion  1929: Le Corbusier  1929: Buckminster Fuller  1929: Knud Lönberg-Holm  1932: Hugo Häring  1934: Lewis Mumford  1937: Karel Honzik  1939: Frederick J. Kiesler  1941: Siegfried Giedion  1948: Siegfried Giedion  1950: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe  1954/1962: Team 10  1954: Richard Neutra  1957: Konrad Wachsmann  1959: Peter Collins  1960: Reyner Banham  1960: William Katavalos  1964: Christopher Alexander  1964: Marshall McLuhan  1965: Reyner Banham  1969: R. Buckminster Fuller  1969: James R. Boyce  1970: Peter Cook  1972: Superstudio  1973: Leopold Kohr  1973: Paolo Soleri  1976: Ruth Schwartz Cowan  1977: Kisho Kurokawa  1979: Philip Steadman  1981: Alan Colquhoun  1982: Luis Fernández-Galiano  1985: Steve Ternoey  1987: Martin Pawley  1988: Bruno Latour  1988: Peter McCleary  1992: Joseph Rykwert  1994: Stewart Brand  1995: Rem Koolhaas  1995: Felix Guattari  1997: Francis Duffy  1997: Paul Virilio  1999: Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos  1999: Ken Yeang  2000: Bernard Cache  2002: Manuel De Landa  2002: David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi  2002: William McDonough and Michael Braungart  2002: William J. Mitchell  2003: SLA  2004: Manuel Castells