An Architecture Manifesto

Critical Reason and Theories of a Failed Practice

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture
Cover of the book An Architecture Manifesto by Nadir Lahiji, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Nadir Lahiji ISBN: 9780429885068
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: February 6, 2019
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Nadir Lahiji
ISBN: 9780429885068
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: February 6, 2019
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith. It is a faith in Lost Causes. He asserts that today, architectonic reason has fallen into ruins. As soon as architecture leaves the limits set to it by architectonic reason, no other path is open to it but the path to aestheticism. This is the wrong path contemporary architecture has taken. In its reduction to a pure aesthetic object, architecture negatively affects the human sensorium. Capitalist consumer society creates desires by generating ‘surplus-enjoyment’ for capitalist profit and contemporary architecture has become an instrument in generating this ‘surplus-enjoyment’, with fatal consequences.

This manifesto is thus both a critiqueand a work of theory*.* It is a siren, alarm, klaxon to the current status quo within architectural discourse and a timely response to the conditions of architecture today.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this manifesto, the author takes a leap of faith. It is a faith in Lost Causes. He asserts that today, architectonic reason has fallen into ruins. As soon as architecture leaves the limits set to it by architectonic reason, no other path is open to it but the path to aestheticism. This is the wrong path contemporary architecture has taken. In its reduction to a pure aesthetic object, architecture negatively affects the human sensorium. Capitalist consumer society creates desires by generating ‘surplus-enjoyment’ for capitalist profit and contemporary architecture has become an instrument in generating this ‘surplus-enjoyment’, with fatal consequences.

This manifesto is thus both a critiqueand a work of theory*.* It is a siren, alarm, klaxon to the current status quo within architectural discourse and a timely response to the conditions of architecture today.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Researching and Understanding Educational Networks by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Fictions of Integration by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book British Economists and the Empire by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Medieval Monasticism by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book The Lights of Home by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Socio-Legal Integration by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Environmental Management in Practice: Vol 1 by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Caste Wars by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Remembering Boethius by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Agrarian Questions by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book War, Peace and Progress in the 21st Century by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Queering Fat Embodiment by Nadir Lahiji
Cover of the book Learning to Lead in Higher Education by Nadir Lahiji
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy