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The Contested Territory of Architectural Theory

Elie G. Haddad

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English
Routledge
21 October 2022
This book brings together a diverse group of theoreticians to explore architectural theory as a discipline, assessing its condition and relevance to contemporary practice.

Offering critical assessment in the face of major social and environmental issues of today, 17 original contributions address the relevance of architectural theory in the contemporary world from various perspectives, including but not limited to: politics, gender, representation, race, environmental crisis, and history.

The chapters are grouped into two distinct sections: the first section explores various historical perspectives on architectural theory, mapping theory’s historiographical turn and its emergence and decline from the 1960s to the present; the second offers alternative visions and new directions for architectural theory, incorporating feminist and human rights perspectives, and addressing contemporary issues such as Artificial Intelligence and the Age of Acceleration. This edited collection features contributions from renowned scholars as well as emergent voices, with a Foreword by David Leatherbarrow.

This book will be of great interest to graduate and upper-level students of architecture, as well as academics and practicing architects.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   653g
ISBN:   9781032274751
ISBN 10:   1032274751
Pages:   246
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Elie G. Haddad is Professor of Architecture at the Lebanese American University, where he is currently Dean of the School of Architecture and Design. Haddad completed his PhD studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 with a dissertation on Henry van de Velde. His research focuses on architectural theory, urbanism, and modern architecture. In 2014, Haddad co-edited a survey on contemporary architecture and is in the process of finalizing a new volume titled Modern Architecture in a Post-Modern Era (forthcoming). In parallel to his academic activities, Haddad was recently elected as President of the Association of Arab Architects.

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