This work traces the emergence of a psychological idea of space from Pascal to Freud to the identification of agoraphobia and claustrophobia in the 19th- and 20th-century theories of spatial alienation/estrangement. It examines ways contemporary artists have produced new forms of spatial warping.
Examines the state of contemporary architecture worldwide and the ways in which it is caught between the art of display and the accommodation of use. This volume explores the problems and possibilities of contemporary architecture in the light of the history of its modern reception and philosophical issues about the 'meaning' of architecture.
Offers an examination of architecture and art as a screen of vital cultural memory that considers museum culture, visual technology, and the border of public and private space. This collection of essays addresses the crucial role that architecture plays in the production of art and the making of public intimacy.
Explores the ways in which contemporary artists incorporate images of modern buildings in their work as a means to explore the Utopian potential of architecture and to provide an antidote to the cynicism of our time. This book features painting, photography, video art, and other two-dimensional work by twenty-two artists from around the world.
A series of meditations on issues that are at the heart of modern debates on architecture. These historical and theoretical essays interpret contemporary projects in light of the resurgent interest in the uncanny. They consider the role of architectural design in an era of homelessness.
Examines the work of four historians of architectural modernism and the ways in which their histories were constructed as more or less overt programs for the theory and practice of design in a contemporary context. This book demonstrates the inevitable collusion between history and design that pervades modern architectural discourse.
A unique and provocative history of the development of the idea of the city in recent years. Key public spaces and buildings in England, Europe and the USA are discussed in relation to their socio-political context.