Forty Ways to Think About Architecture

How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architecture provides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in which architectural history and theory are being approached today. The inspiration for this project is the work of Adrian Forty, Professor of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), who has been internationally renowned as the UK s leading academic in the discipline for 40 years. Forty s many publications, notably Objects of Desire (1986), Words and Buildings (2000) and Concrete and Culture (2012), have been crucial to opening up new approaches to architectural history and theory and have helped to establish entirely new areas of study. His teaching at The Bartlett has enthused a new generation about the exciting possibilities of architectural history and theory as a field. This collection takes in a total of 40 essays covering key subjects, ranging from memory and heritage to everyday life, building materials and city spaces. As well as critical theory, philosophy, literature and experimental design, it refers to more immediate and topical issues in the built environment, such as globalisation, localism, regeneration and ecologies. Concise and engaging entries reflect on architecture from a range of perspectives. Contributors include eminent historians and theorists from elsewhere such as Jean-Louis Cohen, Briony Fer, Hilde Heynen, Mary McLeod, Griselda Pollock, Penny Sparke and Anthony Vidler as well as Forty s colleagues from the Bartlett School of Architecture including Iain Borden, Murray Fraser, Peter Hall, Barbara Penner, Jane Rendell and Andrew Saint. Forty Ways to Think about Architecture also features contributions from distinguished architects, such as Tony Fretton, Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth, and well-known critics and architectural writers, such as Tom Dyckhoff, William Menking and Thomas Weaver. Many of the contributors are former students of Adrian Forty. Through these diverse essays, readers are encouraged to think about how architectural history and theory relates to their own research and design practices, thus using the work of Adrian Forty as a catalyst for fresh and innovative thinking about architecture as a subject.

How do we think about architecture historically andtheoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architectureprovides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in whicharchitectural history and theory are being approached today.The inspiration for this project is the work of Adrian FortyProfessor of Architectural History at the Bartlett School ofArchitecture, University College London (UCL), who has beeninternationally renowned as the UK's leading academic in thediscipline for 40 years. Forty's many publications, notablyObjects of Desire (1986), Words and Buildings (2000)and Concrete and Culture (2012), have been crucial toopening up new approaches to architectural history and theory andhave helped to establish entirely new areas of study. His teachingat The Bartlett has enthused a new generation about the excitingpossibilities of architectural history and theory as a field.This collection takes in a total of 40 essays covering keysubjects, ranging from memory and heritage to everyday lifebuilding materials and city spaces. As well as critical theoryphilosophy, literature and experimental design, it refers to moreimmediate and topical issues in the built environment, such asglobalisation, localism, regeneration and ecologies. Concise andengaging entries reflect on architecture from a range ofperspectives.Contributors include eminent historians and theorists fromelsewhere - such as Jean-Louis Cohen, Briony Fer, HildeHeynen, Mary McLeod, Griselda Pollock, Penny Sparke and AnthonyVidler - as well as Forty's colleagues from theBartlett School of Architecture including Iain Borden, MurrayFraser, Peter Hall, Barbara Penner, Jane Rendell and Andrew Saint.Forty Ways to Think about Architecture also featurescontributions from distinguished architects, such as Tony FrettonJeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth, and well-known critics andarchitectural writers, such as Tom Dyckhoff, William Menking andThomas Weaver. Many of the contributors are former students ofAdrian Forty.Through these diverse essays, readers are encouraged to thinkabout how architectural history and theory relates to their ownresearch and design practices, thus using the work of Adrian Fortyas a catalyst for fresh and innovative thinking about architectureas a subject.

Acknowledgements 7Introduction 8Adrian Forty, Future Imperfect: Inaugural Professorial Lecture, delivered at UCL in December 2000 171 ANDREW SAINT, How To Write About Buildings? 332 ANNE HULTZSCH, Pevsner vs Colomina: Word and Image on the Page 363 ANTHONY VIDLER, Smooth and Rough: Tactile Brutalism 434 BARBARA PENNER, Homely Affi nities 485 BEN CAMPKIN, On Regeneration 546 BRIAN STATER, Fresh Reactions to St Paul's Cathedral 607 BRIONY FER, Photographs and Buildings (mainly) 658 DAVID DUNSTER, Stirling's Voice: A Detailed Suggestion 729 DAVIDE DERIU, Carte Blanche? 7710 ELEANOR YOUNG, Buildings: A Reader's Guide 8311 GRISELDA POLLOCK, The City and the Event: Disturbing, Forgetting and Escaping Memory 8912 HILDE HEYNEN, The Most Modern Material Of Them All ... 9513 IAIN BORDEN, 'Things that People Cannot Anticipate': Skateboarding at the Southbank Centre 10014 IRENA ?ANTOVSKÁ MURRAY, 'Truth, Love, Life': Building with Language in Prague Castle under Masaryk 10615 JAN BIRKSTED, Le Corbusier: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics 11216 JANE RENDELL, During Breakfast 11917 JEAN-LOUIS COHEN, [American] Objects of [Soviet] Desire 12718 JEREMY MELVIN, Words and Buildings 13419 JEREMY TILL, Slow Hard Look 14020 JOE KERR, Topography, Biography and Architecture 14421 JOHN MACARTHUR, Of Character and Concrete: The Historian's Material 15022 JONATHAN CHARLEY, Spectres of Marx in City X 15523 JONATHAN HILL, History by Design 16324 KESTER RATTENBURY, Angel Place: A Way in to Dickens's London 16825 LAURENT STALDER, On 'Sachlichkeit': Some Additional Remarks on an Anglo-German Encounter 17426 MARK SWENARTON, Double Vision 18027 MARY MCLEOD, Modernism 18528 MICHAEL EDWARDS, Yes, And We Have No Dentists 19329 MURRAY FRASER, Reyner Banham's Hat 19730 PEG RAWES, Situated Architectural Historical Ecologies 20431 PENNY SPARKE, Objects 21032 SIR PETER HALL, Richard Llewelyn Davies, 1912-1981: A Lost Vision for The Bartlett 21433 SARAH WIGGLESWORTH, Things Ungrand 22034 TANIA SENGUPTA, 'Minor' Spaces in Officers' Bungalows of Colonial Bengal 22435 THOMAS WEAVER, Memoirs of Adrian 23536 TOM DYCKHOFF, All That Glitters 23937 TONY FRETTON, A Response to Words and Buildings 24338 VICTORIA PERRY, Material Culture: 'Manchester of the East', Le Corbusier, Eames and Indian Jeans 24939 WILLIAM MENKING, Mr Mumford's Neighbourhood 25440 YAT MING LOO, Banyan Tree and Migrant Cities: Some Provisional Thoughts for a Strategic Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism 259Author Biographies 266Index 275Photo credits 280