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[[Image:Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1784_Cenotaphe_a_Newton_interior.jpg|thumb|258px|Étienne-Louis Boullée, proposal for the ''Cénotaphe à Newton'' [Newton Memorial], interior, 1784.]]
 
[[Image:Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1784_Cenotaphe_a_Newton_interior.jpg|thumb|258px|Étienne-Louis Boullée, proposal for the ''Cénotaphe à Newton'' [Newton Memorial], interior, 1784.]]
[[Image:Punin_Nikolay_Pamyatnik_III_internatsionala.jpg|thumb|258px|Nikolay Punin, ''[[#Punin1920|The Monument to the Third International: A Project of the Painter Tatlin]]'', 1920.]]
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[[Image:Punin_Nikolay_Pamyatnik_III_internatsionala.jpg|thumb|258px|Nikolay Punin, ''[[#Punin1920|The Monument to the Third International: A Project of the Artist Tatlin]]'', 1920.]]
 
[[Image:Rossi_Aldo_1976_La_citta_analoga.jpg|thumb|258px|Aldo Rossi, et al., ''The Analogous City'', 1976.]]
 
[[Image:Rossi_Aldo_1976_La_citta_analoga.jpg|thumb|258px|Aldo Rossi, et al., ''The Analogous City'', 1976.]]
 
A collection of source documents in the history, theory and criticism of architecture.
 
A collection of source documents in the history, theory and criticism of architecture.

Revision as of 01:15, 18 July 2015

Étienne-Louis Boullée, proposal for the Cénotaphe à Newton [Newton Memorial], interior, 1784.
Aldo Rossi, et al., The Analogous City, 1976.

A collection of source documents in the history, theory and criticism of architecture.

The page is designed for both the novice in the field and the more experienced researcher. It brings together the elements of library classification and data visualisation. The table of contents provides a general structure of sections, most of which are further divided into thematic subsections. Another way of reading the page is to search for a specific name, keyword or book title and explore neighboring elements.

Architects, theorists, historians, initiatives

Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture [1923], 1927, Log.
Walter Gropius (ed.), Internationale Architektur, 1925, PDF.
László Moholy-Nagy, Von Material zur Architektur, 1929, Log.
Sigfried Giedion, Space, Time & Architecture, 1941, Log.
Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space [1958], 1964, Log.
Reyner Banham, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, 1960, Log.
Aldo Rossi, The Architecture of the City [1966], 1982, Log.
Venturi, Brown, Izenour, Learning From Las Vegas, 1972/1977, PDF.
Colin Rowe, Fred Koetter, Collage City, 1978, PDF.

Key monographs

This section contains a selection of canonical books on architecture, loosely grouped into themes. For more books see Monographs; for more writings by individual authors see their respective Pages.

Antiquity

  • Vitruvius, De Architectura, c15 BCE; ed. Valentin Rose, Leipzig: Teubner, 1899. (Latin)

Modernism

Bauhaus

  • Walter Gropius (ed.), Internationale Architektur, Munich: Albert Langen, Bauhausbücher 1, 1925, 111 pp. (German)
  • Walter Gropius, Bauhausbauten Dessau, Munich: Albert Langen, Bauhausbücher 12, 1930, 221 pp. (German)
  • László Moholy-Nagy, Von Material zur Architektur, Munich: Albert Langen, Bauhausbücher 14, 1929, 241 pp; facsimile repr., Mainz and Berlin: Florian Kupferberg, 1968, 251 pp. (German)
    • The New Vision: From Material to Architecture, trans. Daphne M. Hoffman, New York: Breuer Warren and Putnam, 1930; exp.rev.ed. as The New Vision and Abstract of an Artist, New York: George Wittenborn, 1947, 92 pp. (English)

City, public space

History

Marxist critique

Philosophy

  • John Rajchman, Constructions, foreword Paul Virilio, MIT Press, 1998, 143 pp. (English)

Vernacular architecture

Postmodernism

Criticism

  • Colin Rowe, The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays, MIT Press, 1976. Lead essay. (English)
  • Bernard Tschumi, Architecture and Disjunction, MIT Press, 1994, 278 pp. [2] [3] (English)
  • Vincent Scully, Jr., Modern Architecture and Other Essays, ed. & intro. Neil Levine, Princeton UP, 2003, 400 pp. [4] (English) Reviews: Massey (CAA 2004), Scalbert (AA Files 2005).
  • Hal Foster, The Art-Architecture Complex, London: Verso, 2011, 316 pp. (English) Argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture; identifies a "global style" of architecture—as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano—analogous to the international style of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies. Reviews: Moore (Guardian 2011), Long (Icon 2012), Cava (Arcade 2012), Home (Menlo Park 2013), Petts (Marx & Philosophy 2014).

Gender

  • Beatriz Colomina (ed.), Sexuality and Space, Princeton Architectural Press, 1992, 389 pp. (English) Based on a symposium held at Princeton U in 1990. Reviews: Wilson (HDM 1997), Lahiji & Friedman (AA Files 1999). Commentary: Jacobson (2013).

Computational architecture

Anthologies, Readers

Periodicals

By default sorted chronologically according to the first issue published. No longer active journals are included as well. The 'Online' column lists freely accessible digitized versions of each magazine. Some columns are sortable. Monoskop also maintains a section with avant-garde and modernist magazines.

Title Dates Editors Publisher Text Nos. Online Notes
L'Émulation 1874-1939 Valère Dumortier Brussels: Société centrale d'architecture de Belgique FR WP-FR
American Architect and Architecture 1876-1938 New York: Hearst EN JPG, PDF (1886-99) Merged with Architectural Record.
L'Architecture 1888-1939 Paris: Société centrale des architectes FR weekly JPG, PDF
Architectural Record 1891- Cathleen McGuigan New York: Dodge Data & Analytics (until 2014 McGraw-Hill Construction) EN monthly JPG, PDF (1891-1921) Home page, WP
Architectural Forum 1892-1974 Boston: Rogers and Manson EN JPG, PDF (1892-1916), JPG, PDF (1917-22) Formerly titled The Brickbuilder (1892-1916) and The Magazine of Building (1952-54); absorbed Architect's World in 1938. WP.
Architectura: orgaan van het Genootschap Architectura et Amicitia 1893-1926 Amsterdam: J. van der Endt & Zoon NL PDF
The Studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art 1893-1964 Charles Holme (1895-1919), Geoffrey Holme (1919-?) London: The Studio EN 853; monthly JPG, PDF, TXT (1893-1925) Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Modernism, Good Design. The American edition was titled The International Studio (1897-1931). From 1906 also published an annual, The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art. In 1964 absorbed into Studio International. Info, WP.
RIBA Journal 1893- Malcolm MacEwen (1964-71), Monica Pidgeon (1975-79), Amanda Baillieu (1999-2006), Hugh Pearman (since 2006) London: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) EN monthly Home page, History, WP
Architects' Journal (AJ) 1895- Colin Boyne (1949-70), Christine Murray (2010-15), Rory Olcayto (since 2015) London: Emap (until 1986 Architectural Press) EN weekly Formerly The Builder's Journal (until 1919). Home page, WP.
Architectural Review (AR) 1896- H. de Cronin Hastings (1927-73), Nikolaus Pevsner (1943-45), Peter Davey (1982-2005), Catherine Slessor (2010-15), Christine Murray (since 2015) London: Emap (until 1986 Architectural Press) EN monthly Formerly Architectural Review for the Artist and Craftsman. E-shop, History, WP.
Moderne Bauformen: Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst 1902-44 Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann DE monthly JPG, PDF, TXT (1906) WP-DE
L'Architecte 1906-35 Paris: Société des architectes diplômés par le gouvernement (SADG) FR weekly JPG, PDF See also SADG.
Arhitectura. Revista Uniunii Arhitecţilor din România 1906- Bucharest: Romanian Architects Society RO Home page
Das Werk 1914-76 Zurich: Bund Schweizer Architekten (BSA) DE JPG, PDF Preceded by Die Schweizerische Baukunst (1909-20); followed by Werk - Antithese (1977-79) and WBW (1980-).
De Stijl: Maandblad voor de moderne beeldende vakken (en kultuur) 1917-20, 1921-32 Theo van Doesburg Delft (1917-18), Leiden (1918-21), Meudon: Theo van Doesburg NL 90; started monthly JPG, PDF, JPG, PDF (1917-20), TXT (1917-20), TXT (1921-32) art, architecture, design
Wendingen 1918-31 Hendrik Wijdeveld Amsterdam: De Hooge Brug NL 144; monthly PDF
Arkitektur N: The Norwegian Review of Architecture 1919- Ingerid Helsing Almaas Oslo: National Association of Norwegian Architects (NAL) NO 8/year Formerly Byggekunst. Home page. See also AN.
La Cité: urbanisme, architecture, art public 1919-35 Brussels: Lamertin FR 147; monthly; later irregular JPG, PDF, TXT
L'Esprit nouveau: revue internationale illustrée de l'activité contemporaine 1920-25 Paul Dermée and Michel Seuphor, later Charles-Edouard Jeanneret and Amédée Ozenfant Paris: Éditions de l'Esprit Nouveau FR 28; bimonthly JPG, PDF art, literature, architecture
Architettura e arti decorative: organo del Sindacato Nazionale Architetti 1921-31 Gustavo Giovannoni (1921-27), Alberto Calza Bini (1927-31) Milan: Bestetti & Tuminelli IT JPG (1921-31), PDF (1926-31) Turned into Architettura.
7 Arts: tous les arts 1922-28 Pierre Bourgeois, Victor Bourgeois Brussels: L'Equerre FR 156 constructivist arts
Die Form: Zeitschrift für gestaltende Arbeit 1922, 1925-35 Walter Curt Behrendt (-1926), Walter Riezler (1926-) Berlin DE JPG, PDF, TXT architecture, design
Stavba: měsíčník pro stavební umění 1922-38 Karel Teige (1923-28), Oldřich Starý (1928-37), Jan E. Koula (1928-37), et al. Prague: Klub architektů CZ monthly
L'Architecture vivante 1923-33 Jean Badovici Paris: A. Morancé FR 21; biannual JPG, PDF
G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung 1923-26 Hans Richter Berlin DE 5 JPG (1), PDF (1) architecture, industrial design, photography, art, film
Blok: czasopismo awangardy artystycznej 1924-26 Blok Warsaw: Blok PL 11 PDF, JDL constructivist art, architecture, theatre
ABC: Beiträge zum Bauen 1924-28 Hans Schmidt, Mart Stam, El Lissitzky, Emil Roth Basel DE 10 PDF constructivist architecture
Shinkenchiku [New Architecture] 1925- Tokyo: Shinkenchiku-sha JP Home page
ASNOVA: Izvestiya assotsiatsii novykh arkhitektorov 1926 El Lissitzky, Nikolai Ladovsky Moscow: ASNOVA RU 1 JPG, PDF, JPG, PDF rationalist architecture
bauhaus: zeitschrift für gestaltung 1926-31 Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1926-28), Ernst Kallai (1928-30) Dessau DE 15 PDF (3 issues), PDF (5 issues), JPG (1 issue) art, craft, design, architecture
Kritisk Revy 1926-28 Poul Henningsen, Edvard Heiberg, et al. Copenhagen: Poul Henningsen DK 7 JPG, TXT architecture, politics
Das neue Frankfurt 1926-31 Ernst May Frankfurt a.M.: Englert und Schlosser DE 55; monthly JPG, PDF, TXT urbanism, architecture
Praesens: revue moderne 1926, 1930 Szymon Syrkus Warsaw PL, FR 2 PDF architecture, painting, photography, theatre, film, poetry
Sovremennaya architektura 1926-30 Moisei Ginzburg (1926-28), Vesnin brothers (1926-28), Roman Khiger (1928-30) Moscow: OSA RU 30; bimonthly PDF (incomplete issues, some missing) constructivist architecture
Horizont: revue současné kultury v Československu 1927-32 Jiří Kroha, Jaroslav B. Svrček Brno: Václav Roštlapil CZ 38 PDF (1927) architecture, art, theatre
Casabella: rivista internazionale di architettura 1928- Guido Marangoni (1928-30), Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1953-65), Alessandro Mendini (1970-76), Tomás Maldonado (1977-82), Vittorio Gregotti (1982-96), Francesco Dal Co (since 1996) Milan: Domus, then Milan: Mondadori IT, EN monthly PDF (1928-31), PDF (1933-37), PDF (1938-41) Formerly La Casa Bella (1928-33), Casabella-Costruzioni and Costruzioni-Casabella (1938-43), Casabella-Continuità (1954-65). Home page, History, Commentary, SBN, WP. Commentary.
Domus 1928- Gio Ponti (1928-40 & 48-79), Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1946-47), Alessandro Mendini (1979-86), Mario Bellini (1986-91), François Burkhardt (1996-2000), Stefano Boeri (2004-07), Nicola Di Battista (since 2013) Milan: Domus IT, EN, CN monthly PDF (1929-33) architecture, design; Archive, WP.
Urbanistica: rivista dell'Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica 1928- Pietro Betta (1932), Armando Melis (1932-44) Turin, later Rome IT bimonthly PDF (1934-37)
Edilizia moderna: periodico tecnico trimestrale 1929-43, 1948-63 Ernesto Giorgi Milan: Modiano IT quarterly PDF (1933-42)
Rassegna di architettura: rivista mensile di architettura e decorazione 1929-40 Giovanni Rocco Milan: Istituto grafico Bertieri IT 108 JPG, PDF Merged with Architettura.
L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui (AA) 1930- Pierre Vago (1932-47), André Bloc and Alexandre Persitz (1947-74), Marc Emery (1967-72 & 1974-87), Bernard Huet (1974-77), François Chaslin (1987-94), Axel Sowa (2000-07), Antoine Vernholes (since 2011) Paris: Groupe Expansion (1975-2000), Paris: Jean-Michel Place (2000-09), Paris: Archipress & Associates (since 2009) FR, EN bimonthly JPG, PDF (1930-40) Home page, Interview (FR), WP-FR. See also Aujourd'hui.
Architectural Design (AD) 1930- Monica Pidgeon (1946-75), Theo Crosby (tech editor 1953-62), Kenneth Frampton (tech editor 1962-64), Robin Middleton (tech editor 1965-72), Maggie Toy (1993-2001), Helen Castle (since 2001) London: Academy Editions (1977-91), VCH (1991-97), John Wiley & Sons (since 1997) EN bimonthly Formerly Architect’s Standard Catalogue (1930-32), AD&C (1932-46). Subscription access (Wiley), History, WP.
Architettura 1931-43 Marcello Piacentini Milan: Treves-Treccani-Tuminelli (1932-33), Fratelli Treves (1934-38), Aldo Garzanti (1939-43) IT PDF (1932-38) Commentary.
Die neue Stadt 1932-33 Joseph Gantner Frankfurt a.M.: Philipp L. Fink DE 13; monthly JPG, PDF, TXT urbanism, architecture
PLAN: tidsskrift for bolig- og byggespørsmål 1933-36 Oslo: Socialist Architects' Society NO 4
Quadrante: mensile di arte, lettere e vita 1933-36 Massimo Bontempelli, Pier Maria Bardi Massimo Bontempelli IT JPG WP-IT
Plus: orientations of contemporary architecture 1938-39 Wallace K. Harrison, William Lescaze, et al. New York: Time EN 3; bimonthly PDF architecture, design
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH) 1941- Patricia Morton Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians EN Home page. Commentary.
Architecture 1944-2006 Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects EN monthly Formerly titled Journal of the American Institute of Architects (1944-51) and The American Institute of Architects Journal (1951-76). WP, archINFORM.
Cuadernos de arquitectura 1944-70 Barcelona: Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Catalunya ES, CA PDF In 1971-80 as Cuadernos de arquitectura y urbanismo, since 1981 as Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme.
Metron: rivista internazionale d'architettura 1945-54 Luigi Piccinato, Mario Ridolfi Rome: Sandron (1947-48), Milan: Comunità (1951-54) IT From 1955 continued as L'architettura: cronache e storia.
Progressive Architecture 1945-95 New York: Reinhold EN Subsumed by Architecture. archINFORM.
Design Quarterly 1946- Peter Seitz (1964-68) Minneapolis: Walker Art Center EN Until 1954 as Everyday Art Quarterly. Info.
Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) 1947- Marc Neveu Washington, DC: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture EN HTML
Nueva Visión (New Vision): revista de cultura visual 1951-57 Tomás Maldonado (1951-54), Carlos Méndez Mosquera, Alfredo Hlito Buenos Aires: Nueva Visión Editorial ES 9 art, architecture, industrial design, typography; Info.
SADG: bulletin mensuel d'informations de la Société des architectes diplômés par le gouvernement 1951-67 Paris: Société française des architectes FR Turned into AMC. See also L'Architecte.
Der Architekt 1952- Andreas Denk Berlin: Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) DE bimonthly (since 2007) Home page, WP-DE.
Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal 1952- New Haven: Yale School of Architecture EN annual Subscription access (MIT), Home page
Čovjek i prostor [Man and Space] 1954- Dominko Blažević Zagreb: Croatian Architects' Association CR Home page
L'architettura: cronache e storia 1955-2005 Bruno Zevi (1955-2000), Furio Colombo (2000-05) Rome: Fabbri, later Rome: Poligrafico dello Stato (1995-98), Venice: Canal & Stamperia (1998-2000), Rome: Mancosu (1999-2005) IT monthly Continuation of Metron. WP.
Aujourd'hui: art et architecture 1955-? André Bloc Paris FR See also L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui. Info.
Ekistics: The Problems and Science of Human Settlements 1955-? Athens EN During first two years titled Tropical Housing and Planning Monthly Bulletin. Info, Info, Info.
Hogar y arquitectura: revista bimestral de la obra sindical del hogar (HyA) 1955-77 Madrid: Ediciones y Publicaciones Populares ES 122; bimonthly Info, Info.
JA [Japan Architect] 1956- Tokyo: Shinkenchiku-sha EN, JP quarterly Info.
Polygon 1956-? John Outram, Wilfred Marden, Andrew Rabeneck, Peter Britton, Paul Power, John Spence London: Regent Street Polytechnic EN An "underground architectural protest magazine" (Banham 1966). Info, Interview.
Architectural History 1958- David Hemsoll London: Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) EN annual Subscription access (JStor). Home page.
Le Carré bleu: feuille internationale d'architecture 1958- André Schimmerling (1958-2003), Massimo Pica Ciamarra (since 2006) Helsinki (until 1962), Paris (since 1963): les amis du Carré Bleu EN, FR, IT quarterly PDF, JPG, PDF (1958-2001) Home page, Old home page, History. 1988 book (FR).
Internationale situationniste 1958-69 G.-E. Debord Paris FR 12 PDF, PDF, Flash
Arquitectura 1959- Madrid: Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM) ES quarterly Home page, [7]
Forum 1959- Jurriaan van Stigt Amsterdam: Architectura et Amicitia NL Formerly Forum voor architectuur en daarmee verbonden kunsten. Publisher, Info, WP.
Melpomène 1959-66 Paris: La Grande Masse FR 24 Published by the student association of the École des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA). Numbers 22 and 23/24 (1966) entitled Melp!. Commentary, Commentary (FR), Info. See also Utopie.
Abitare: International Design Magazine 1961- Piera Peroni (1961-74), Franca Santi Gualteri (1974-92), Italo Lupi (1992-2007), Stefano Boeri (2007-11), Silvia Botti (since 2014) Milan: Abitare Segesta (1976-2005), Milan: RCS (since 2005) IT Formerly Casa Novità (until number 5). Home page, WP.
Archigram 1961-74 Archigram London: Archigram EN 10 JPG Interview, Interview.
Detail. Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail 1961- Christian Schittich Munich: Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation DE, EN, CN, FR, IT monthly Home page, WP.
A: fritt forum for alle som er interessert i arkitektur 1962-64 Lars Fasting, Svein Hatløy Trondheim: Norwegian Institute of Technology NO A student magazine. Info.
Lotus international 1963- Bruno Alfieri (1963-77), Pierluigi Nicolin (since 1977) Venice (1963-70), Milan: Industrie Grafiche, then Electa (1974-94), Milan: Mondadori (1994-2001), Milan: Lotus (since 2002) IT, EN 157+ Formerly Lotus (until 1974). E-shop, History.
Summa: revista de arquitectura, tecnologia, y diseño 1963-92 Carlos Méndez Mosquera (first 3 issues), Lala Mosquera (from issue 4) Buenos Aires ES Info, Info, WP-ES. See also Cuadernos Summa-Nueva Visión and Summa+.
ACC: Action Communications Centre / Symbols 1964-65 Grahame Shane, Jasper Vaughan, Justin de Syllas London EN Student-run newssheets. Info, Info, Info, Info, Interview.
Klub 1964-68 Günther Feuerstein Vienna DE 10 Info, Interview.
Op. cit.: selezione della critica d’arte contemporanea 1964- Renato De Fusco Naples: Il Centro (1964-96), Electa (1997-2014), Grafica Elettronica (from 2015) IT 153+ TXT (selections) Info.
Bau: Schrift für Architektur und Städtebau 1965-67 Günther Feuerstein, Hans Hollein, Gustav Peichl, Sokratis Dimitriou, Walter Pichler Vienna DE Info, Info, Interview.
Architecture principe 1966 Claude Parent, Paul Virilio Paris: Groupe architecture principe FR 9 CCindex
Form 1966-68 Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, Stephen Bann Cambridge, UK EN 10
Nueva forma: arquitectura, urbanismo, diseño, ambiente, arte 1966-75 Madrid: Nueva forma ES Info.
AMC: Architecture, mouvement, continuité 1967- Philippe Boudon and Alain Sarfati (1967-69), Patrice Noviant (1973-81), Jacques Lucan (1978-88), Gilles Davoine (current) Paris: Société française des architectes (1967-83), Paris: Groupe Moniteur (since 1983) FR monthly (since 1989) Replaced SADG. AMC added to the title in 1973. Home page, History, WP-FR.
Cuadernos Summa-Nueva Visión 1967-70 Leonardo Aizenberg, Ernesto Katzenstein Buenos Aires ES 51 A collaboration between Summa and ediciones Nueva Visión.
Utopie: sociologie de l'urbain 1967-78 Hubert Tonka Paris: Anthropos (issues 1-3), then Paris: Imprimerie Quotidienne FR 17 urban sociology. 2011 book (Introduction), 2006 book of Baudrillard's essays, Commentary. See also Melp! and Archigram.
ARCH+ 1968- Sabine Kraft, Nikolaus Kuhnert, Anh-Linh Ngo Aachen & Berlin (since 1987): ARCH+ DE 219+; quarterly Home page, History, WP-DE.
AAQ: Architectural Association Quarterly 1969-82 Dennis Sharp London EN quarterly Interview.
Controspazio 1969- Paolo Portoghesi (1969-83), Massimo Solari (1969-73), Ezio Bonfanti, Marcello Fabbri (1988-2006, 2012-) Bari: Dedalo (until 1985), Rome: Gangemi (since 1988) IT Neo-Rationalism, Tendenza. Info, WP-IT.
ArchiteXt 1970-72 Takefumi Aida, Takamitsu Azuma, Mayumi Miyawaki, Makoto Suzuki, Minoru Takeyama Tokyo JP 5 Info, Info.
Espaces et sociétés: revue critique internationale de l'aménagement, de l'architecture et de l'urbanisation 1970- Henri Lefebvre and Anatole Kopp (1970-78), Raymond Ledrut (1979-87), Maurice Blanc (current) Paris: Anthropos, now Harmattan FR 162+ urban sociology. JPG, PDF (1970-2003) Home page
Transparent: Manuskripte für Architektur, Theorie, Kritik, Polemik, Umraum 1970-88 Günther Feuerstein Vienna DE monthly Interview.
Architectura: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Baukunst 1971- Dorothée Sack, Johannes Cramer Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag DE, EN biannual Subscription access.
Archithese: internationale Zeitschrift und Schriftenreihe für Architektur 1971- Stanislaus von Moos (1971-80), Hans Reinhard, Jørg Himmelreich (current) Zurich DE, EN, FR bimonthly Home page, E-shop, History.
a+u: Architecture and Urbanism 1971-c2012 Tokyo: A+U Publishing JP, EN monthly Publisher. Merged into ja+u.
In 1971-72 Pierpaolo Saporito Milan IT, EN 9; bimonthly Info.
2c: construcción de la ciudad 1972-85 Barcelona: Novographos ES 23 PDF
On Site 1972-76 Alison Sky (1972-74) New York: SITE EN 7 Interview, List of issues
Oppositions: A Journal for Ideas and Criticism in Architecture 1973-84 Peter Eisenman, Kenneth Frampton, Mario Gandelsonas, Anthony Vidler (from issue 6), Kurt Forster (from issue 12), Diana Agrest (issue 26) New York: Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) EN 26 1998 Reader, History. See also Skyline and Assemblage. See also titles in Oppositions book series: Colquhoun 1981, Rossi 1981, Rossi 1982, Loos 1982, Ginzburg 1982.
Arquitecturas bis: información gráfica de actualidad 1974-85 Oriol Bohigas Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia ES 52; bimonthly Index, [8]
Global Tools 1974-75 Milan IT, EN 2 2015 book
Carrer de la ciutat: revista de arquitectura 1977-80 Beatriz Colomina, et al. Barcelona: Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura (ETSAB) ES 13 PDF Interview, Commentary.
Hinterland: disegno e contesto dell'architettura per la gestione degli interveni sul territorio 1977-85 Guido Canella Milan IT 32; quarterly
Summarios 1977-90 Marina Waisman ES bimonthly
Skyline: The New York Architecture and Design Review 1978-83 Andrew MacNair (1978-80), Craig Owens (1978-80), Suzanne Stephens (1981-83) New York: Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) EN monthly Info, Skyline Calendar. See also Oppositions.
Archetype: The Magazine of Architecture and Other Arts 1979-83 Andrew Batey, Henry Bowles, Kurt Forster, Diane Ghirardo, Mark Mack San Francisco EN
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen (WBW) 1980- Daniel Kurz (since 2012) Zurich: Werk / Bund Schweizer Architekten (BSA) DE monthly JPG, PDF architecture, urban planning. Home page. Preceded by Das Werk and other titles.
AA Files 1981- Mary Wall (1981-2000), Mark Rappolt (2000-04), David Terrien (2004-07), Thomas Weaver (since 2007) London: Architectural Association School of Architecture EN 70+; biannual Publisher, History, Interview.
Cornell Journal of Architecture 1981- Ithaca, NY: Cornell University EN PDF Open access.
Daidalos 1981-2001 Ulrich Conrads (until 1992), Gerrit Confurius (from 1992) Berlin: Bertelsmann EN, DE 75
OASE Journal for Architecture 1981- Rotterdam: NAi Publishers EN, NL PDF Open access.
El Croquis 1982- Fernando Márquez, Richard Levene Madrid: El Croquis ES, EN bimonthly PDF (several issues) E-shop
Arcade 1983- Kelly Rodriguez Seattle: Arcade EN HTML (2010-) Open access.
Eupalino 1983-90 Paolo Portoghesi Rome IT, EN 12
Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World 1983- Gülru Necipoğlu Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard U EN annual Subscription access (Brill).
AV Monografías / AV Monographs 1985- Luis Fernández-Galiano, José Jaime S. Yuste Madrid: Arquitectura Viva ES, EN 177+ E-shop, Info.
Pratt Journal of Architecture 1985- New York: Pratt Institute EN 3+ PDF Open access.
Skala: Nordic Magazine of Architecture and Art 1985-95 Copenhagen: Henning Larsen DK, EN 30
Assemblage: A Critical Journal of Architecture and Design Culture 1986-2000 K. Michael Hays, Alicia Kennedy EN 41; triannual Subscription access (JStor), WP. Commentary. See also Oppositions.
Phalaris 1987-91 Luciano Semerani Venice IT 9+20 Until 1988 as Giornale della Fondazione Masieri (9 numbers). Covers.
Arquitectura Viva 1988- Luis Fernández-Galiano, José Yuste Madrid: Arquitectura Viva ES, EN 175+; monthly E-shop.
Zodiac 1989-99 Guido Canella, Enrico Bordogna Milan IT 21; biannual
Architectural Heritage 1990- Mark Cousins, Dawn McDowell Edinburgh: Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland EN annual Subscription access (Edinburgh UP).
Arhitext 1990- Arpad Zachi Bucharest: Arhitext RO Home page
Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts 1990- Ross Jenner, Andrew Douglas Auckland EN 15+ PDF Open access.
Summa+ 1992- Martha Magis (1992-94), Fernando Diez (since 1994) Buenos Aires ES 143+ Home page. See also Summa.
Piranesi 1992- Vojteh Ravnikar (1992-2010), Robert Potokar Ljubljana SL, EN Home page
Thresholds: Journal of the MIT Department of Architecture 1992- Cambridge, MA: SA+P Press EN 43+; biannual PDF Open access.
Zlatý řez 1992- Jana Tichá Prague: Zlatý řez CZ annual, until 2000 quarterly Home page, Info.
3ZU: revista d'arquitectura 1993-95 Santiago Roqueta Barcelona: Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura ES 4 PDF
ANY (Architecture New York) 1993-2000 Cynthia C. Davidson New York: Anyone Corporation EN 27 PDF (7-8), PDF (23) WP. See also Log.
Prostor: a Scholarly Journal of Architecture and Urban Planning 1993- Zlatko Karac Zagreb: Faculty of Architecture U Zagreb CR 49+; biannual PDF Open access. Info.
Arhitektura i urbanizam 1994- Mila Pucar Belgrade: Institute of Architecture and Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia SR 39+ PDF SCIndeks
ARCH: o architektúre a inej kultúre 1995- Andrea Bacová Bratislava: Eurostav SK monthly Home page.
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly 1995- Adam Sharr, Richard Weston Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP EN quarterly Subscription access (Cambridge)
eaV: Enseignement Architecture Ville 1995-2010 Anne-Marie Châtelet and Michel Denès Versailles: École d'Architecture FR, EN 15; annual Architecture history. Issues.
The Journal of Architecture 1995- Peter Gibbs-Kennet, Charles Rice London: Royal Institute of British Architects EN bimonthly Subscription access (Taylor & Francis).
Le Visiteur: revue critique d'architecture 1995- Sébastien Marot (1995-2003), Françoise Fromonot (1999-2003), Karim Basbous (since 2007) Paris: Société Française des Architectes (SFA) FR, EN 20+; annual Home page.
Cloud Cuckoo Land 1996- Eduard Heinrich Führ Cottbus: Brandenburg University of Technology EN, DE, RU 19+; biannual PDF Open access.
UME 1996- Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper Brisbane: Haig Beck EN 22+ JPG, PDF Open access.
Revista 180: arquitectura, arte, diseño 1997- Marcelo Vizcaíno Santiago de Chile: Facultad de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño UDP ES 33+ PDF Open access.
Frame 1997- Amsterdam: Frame Publishers EN, CN, KO, TR 105+; bimonthly interior design, architecture, product design, exhibition design; E-shop
Harvard Design Magazine 1997- Jennifer Sigler Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Graduate School of Design EN HTML (selected articles)
RA: revista de arquitectura 1997- Pamplona: Universidad de Navarra ES, EN 15+; annual Home page, Info.
Space and Culture 1997- Joost van Loon, Justine Lloyd, Michael Schillmeier, Rob Shields EN quarterly Subscription access (Sage).
Oris magazine for architecture and culture of living 1998- Zagreb: Oris - House of Architecture CR, EN 93+; bimonthly Home page, WP.
Hunch: the Berlage Institute Report 1999- Rotterdam: NAI Publishers EN 14+ Home page
Praxis: Journal of Writing + Building 1999- Amanda Reeser Lawrence, Ashley Schafer Boston EN 14+; biannual Home page
Grey Room 2000- EN 59+; quarterly Subscription access (MIT).
On Site review: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Infrastructure, Culture, Construction 2000- Alberta: Architectural Fieldwork EN 32+ Home page
306090: a Journal of Emergent Architecture and Design 2001- New York: Princeton Architectural Press EN 15+ Publisher
An Architektur: Production and Use of the Built Environment 2002-2010 Oliver Clemens, Jesko Fezer, Kim Förster, Anke Hagemann, Sabine Horlitz, Anita Kaspar, Andreas Müller Berlin: An Architektur EN, DE 23; biannual Home page (archived), Issues, History.
Log 2003- Cynthia Davidson New York: Anyone Corporation EN 34+ Subscription access. See also ANY.
A10: new European architecture 2004- Indira van 't Klooster Amsterdam EN 64+; bimonthly Home page, WP.
Era 21 2004- Zuzana Morávková Brno: ERA Média CZ bimonthly Home page, Info.
Project Baikal 2004- Elena Grigoryeva Irkutsk: Vostoksibacademcenter of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences RU, EN 43+; quarterly PDF Open access.
Mark 2005- Amsterdam: Archis EN 56+; bimonthly E-shop.
Volume 2005- Arjen Oosterman Amsterdam: Archis EN 44+; quarterly Home page.
Architecture Norway: An Online Review of Architecture 2008- Ingerid Helsing Almaas Oslo: National Association of Norwegian Architects (NAL) EN monthly HTML Open access. Based on projects and articles published in Arkitektur N.
Bracket: Architecture, Environment, Digital Culture 2008- New York: Altar EN 4+; annual Home page.
ACE: Arquitectura, Ciudad y Entorno / Architecture, City and Environment 2006- Josep Roca Cladera Barcelona: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya EN, ES, CA 28+ PDF, PDF Open access.
Footprint: Delft Architecture Theory Journal 2007- Delft: Delft University of Technology EN 16+ PDF Open access.
Manifold 2007-10 Izabel Gass Houston, TX: Rice University EN 4 PDF Open access.
Criticat: revue semestrielle de critique d’architecture 2008- Pierre Chabard, Valéry Didelon, Françoise Fromonot, et al. Paris: Association Criticat FR 15+; biannual Home page, History.
Candide: Journal for Architectural Knowledge 2009- Axel Sowa, Susanne Schindler, Anne Kockelkorn Berlin: Hatje Cantz EN, DE 8+ PDF
The New City Reader: A Newspaper Of Public Space 2010-11 Joseph Grima, Kazys Varnelis New York EN 7 JPG Open access.
Scapegoat: Landscape, Architecture, Political Economy 2010- Toronto EN 9+ PDF Open access.
Soiled: a periodical of architectural stories 2011- Joseph Altshuler Chicago: Cartogram EN 5+ Home page
Architecture_MPS (Amps) 2012- Graham Cairns EN monthly PDF Open access.
ja+u 2012- Tokyo: Shinkenchiku-sha EN Home page. See also a+u.

Monographs and journal issues

This section focuses on edited monographs and journal issues published in English. For canonical works see key monographs; for anthologies and readers compiling historical texts see anthologies.

Introductions

  • Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Experiencing Architecture, MIT Press, 1959, 245 pp, OL, OL. [9]
  • Francis D.K. Ching, Architectural Graphics, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1975; 4th ed., Wiley, 2002; 6th ed., Wiley, 2015.
  • Francis D.K. Ching, Architecture: Form Space and Order, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979; 3rd ed., Wiley, 2007; 4th ed., 2014.
  • Robin Evans, The Projective Cast: Architecture and Its Three Geometries, MIT Press, 1995, 456 pp. [10]

Neoclassicism

Historicism, eclecticism

Modern Movement, Modernism

  • Otto Wagner, Modern Architecture: A Guidebook for His Students to This Field of Art [1896], intro. & trans. Harry Francis Mallgrave, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 1988, 200 pp.
  • Adolf Loos, Spoken into the Void: Collected Essays, 1897-1900 [1921], intro. Aldo Rossi, trans. Jane O. Newman and John H. Smith, MIT Press, Oppositions Books series, 1982. Excerpt.
  • Hermann Muthesius, Style-Architecture and Building-Art: Transformations of Architecture in the Nineteenth Century and Its Present Condition [1902], intro. & trans. Stanford Anderson, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 1994, 144 pp.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright, Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930, pref. E. Baldwin Smith, Princeton UP, 1931, 114 pp; repr. in Wright, The Future of Architecture, 1953, pp 67-182. The six lectures include "Machine, Materials and Men", "Style in Industry", "The Passing of the Cornice", "The Cardboard House", "The Tyranny of the Skyscraper", "The City". 2008 introduction. Review: Jardine (Leonardo 2009).
  • Machine-Age Exposition, New York, 1927, 44 pp. Catalogue of a large-scale international NY exhibition advertised as the first event bringing together "architecture, engineering, industrial arts and modern art."
  • Karel Teige, The Minimum Dwelling [1932], trans. Eric Dluhosch, MIT Press, 2002.
  • Nikolaus Pevsner, Pioneers of the Modern Movement, London: Faber and Faber, 1936; 2nd ed. as Pioneers of Modern Design, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1949; new ed., rev., Penguin, 1960. Views Modernism as a synthesis of three main sources: William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, the 19th-century engineers, and Art Nouveau. Review: Payne (HDM 2002).

See also Key monographs.

Constructivism

  • Nikolay Punin, The Monument to the Third International [1920], trans. Christina Lodder, in Art in Theory, 1900-1990: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, eds. Charles Harrison and Paul Wood, 1992, pp 311-315.
  • Mosei Ginzburg, Style and Epoch [1924], intro. & trans. Anatole Senkevitch, Jr., foreword Kenneth Frampton, MIT Press, Oppositions Books series, 1982, 160 pp.
  • Circle: International Survey of Constructive Art, eds. Leslie Martin, Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, London, 1937; New York: Praeger, 1971, viii+291 pp.

Bauhaus

See also Key monographs.

International Style

  • Henry Russell Hitchcock, Philip Johnson, The International Style, 1932; new ed., foreword Philip Johnson, W.W. Norton, 1997, 272 pp. Excerpts: [11], [12], [13]. A catalogue to accompany a 1932 MoMA show of the then new architecture emerging in Europe and America.

City, public space

Townscape
  • "Outrage", a Special Issue of Architectural Review, ed. Ian Nairn, London: Architectural Press, Jun 1955; repr. as Nairn, Outrage, 1956. Nairn's impassioned response to the spoliation of the English landscape: "this death by slow decay we have called Subtopia, a compound word formed from suburb and utopia, i.e. making an ideal of suburbia."
  • "Counter-Attack Against Subtopia", a Special Issue of Architectural Review, ed. Ian Nairn, London: Architectural Press, Dec 1956; repr. as Nairn, Counter-Attack, 1957. Shows how towns, villages and the countryside could be improved with good design.

See also Key monographs.

New Brutalism

Fluxus

Phenomenology

Neo-Avant-Garde

  • Five Architects: Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier, preface Arthur Drexler, intro. Colin Rowe, critique Kenneth Frampton, postcript Philip Johnson, New York: Wittenborn, 1972, 137 pp; repr., New York: Oxford UP, 1975. Introduction. Based on a meeting of the CASE group (Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment) held at the MoMA in 1969 at the time of an exhibition organised by Arthur Drexler and Colin Rowe and featuring works by the five NYC architects. Response: Goldberger (AR 1974), Tafuri (Oppositions 1976), Stern (AA 1976), Bletter (JSAH 1979).

Postmodernism

  • Charles Jencks, Language of Post-Modern Architecture, London: Academy Editions, 1977; New York: Rizzoli, 1977. Excerpt.
  • "Beyond the Modern Movement", the inaugural issue of Harvard Architecture Review, Spring 1980.

Deconstructivism

  • Deconstructivist Architecture, eds. Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley, New York: MoMA, 1988, 104 pp. Preface & Lead essay. A catalogue to accompany a 1988 MoMA show of seven architects: Gehry, Libeskind, Koolhaas, Eisenman, Hadid, Tschumi, and Coop Himmelblau; curated by Wigley and Johnson. Press material, 25th anniversary debate (video; report).

Digital & computational architecture

See also Key monographs.

Criticism

  • Alan Colquhoun, Essays in Architectural Criticism: Modern Architecture and Historical Change, pref. Kenneth Frampton, MIT Press, Oppositions Books series, 1981, 215 pp. Review: Schallenberg (JSAH 1982).
  • Architecture, Criticism, Ideology, ed. & postscript Joan Ockman, intro. Mary McLeod, Princeton Architectural Press, 1985, 191 pp. TOC. Essays by Porphyrios, Llorens, Jameson, Karahan, Schwarting, Colquhoun, and Tafuri examining the role of ideology in architectural criticism and politics. The collection was to sketch out a 'reading programme' for a community in New York concerned with the Marxist critique of architecture, loosely attached to Peter Eisenman's IAUS. See also Tafuri 1973 and Colquhoun 1981.
  • Diana Agrest, Architecture from Without: Theoretical Framings for a Critical Practice, MIT Press, 1991, 203 pp. A collection of essays incl. her "Architecture from without: Body, Logic, and Sex" (1988).
  • O.M.A., Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, S, M, L, XL, New York: Monacelli, 1995, 1376 pp. A compendium of 20 years of OMA's projects accompanied by Koolhaas's texts including Whatever Happened to Urbanism? and The Generic City.
  • Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture [1995], ed. Sarah Whiting, trans. Graham Thompson, MIT Press, 1997, 172 pp. [17] Review: Ballantyne (ARQ 1997).
  • The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century, eds. Bernard Tschumi and Irene Cheng, Monacelli Press, 2004, 135 pp.
  • Svetlana Boym, Architecture of the Off-Modern, Buell Center / FORuM Project, and New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008, 80 pp.
  • Owen Hatherley, Militant Modernism, London: Zero Books, 2009, 146 pp.

See also Key monographs.

History

See also Key monographs.

Historical examinations of specific schools and groups

See sections with writings on De Stijl, Bauhaus, VKhUTEMAS, CIAM, Situationists, Archigram.

Gender

  • Architecture and Feminism, eds. Debra Coleman, Elizabeth Danze and Carole Henderson, Princeton Architectural Press, 1996, 255 pp. Review: Lahiji & Friedman (AA Files 1999).
  • The Sex of Architecture, eds. Diana Agrest, Patricia Conway and Leslie Kanes Weisman, Harry N. Abrams, 1996, 320 pp. Reviews: Lahiji & Friedman (AA Files 1999), Crout (JAPR 2000).
  • The Architect: Reconstructing Her Practice, ed. Francesca Hughes, MIT Press, 1996. Review: Lahiji & Friedman (AA Files 1999).
  • Women and the Making of the Modern House: A Social and Architectural History, ed. Alice T. Friedman, Harry N. Abrams, 1998, 240 pp. Review: Lahiji & Friedman (AA Files 1999).
  • Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction, eds. Iain Borden, Barbara Penner, Jane Rendell, Routledge, 2002.

See also Key monographs.

Capitalism, labour

See also Key monographs.

Photography

Film

  • Architecture and Film, ed. Mark Lamster, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000.
  • Giuliana Bruno, Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film, Verso, 2002.

Research initiatives and resources

See also