Architectural Theory, Volume 2: An Anthology from 1871 to 2005

Harry Francis Mallgrave is Associate Professor of History and Theory at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His 1996 book Gottfried Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century was awarded the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award by the Society of Architectural Historians. He is also the author of Modern Architectural Theory 1673 1968 (2005) and the editor of Architectural Theory: Volume I: An Anthology From Vitruvius to 1870 (Blackwell, 2006). Christina Contandriopoulos was trained as an architect at Universite de Montreal (Canada) and practiced architecture in Montreal and Paris. She is currently completing her Ph.D Thesis at McGill University.

Preface xxviii General Introduction xxix Part I: Early Modernism 1 A. The Arts and Crafts Movement in Great Britain 3 Introduction 3 B. Continental Reforms 24 Introduction 24 C. Reforms in the United States 43 Introduction 43 D. Conceptual Underpinnings of German Modernism: Space, Form, and Realism 63 Introduction 63 Part II: The Formation of the Modern Movement: 1894-1914 85 A. The Wagner School and the German Werkbund 87 Introduction 87 B. Modernism Elsewhere in Europe 110 Introduction 110 C. The Chicago School and the American West 125 Introduction 125 Part III: The 1920s 143 A. American Modernism: 1918-32 145 Introduction 145 B. Soviet Constructivism 168 Introduction 168 C. De Stijl and Purism 180 Introduction 180 D. German Expressionism and the Bauhaus 195 Introduction 195 E. European Modernism: 1925-32 211 Introduction 211 Part IV: The Politics of Modernism: 1930-45 233 A. Totalitarianism in Europe 235 Introduction 235 B. American Academic and Architectural Reforms 255 Introduction 255 Part V: High Modernism in the Postwar Years 273 A. Postwar Theory in the United States 275 Introduction 275 B. Postwar Theory in Europe 293 Introduction 293 C. The Rise and Fall of CIAM 313 Introduction 313 Part VI: Critiques of Modernism: 1959-69 333 A. The Death of the American City 335 Introduction 335 B. Retreats and Utopianism 350 Introduction 350 C. Critiques of Modernism 368 Introduction 368 Part VII: The Prospect of a Postmodern Theory: 1969-79 393 A. Rationalism and the IAUS 395 Introduction 395 B. Semiotics and Phenomenology 420 Introduction 420 C. Alternative Strategies and Debates 435 Introduction 435 Part VIII: The 1980s 457 A. Poststructuralism and Deconstruction 459 Introduction 459 B. Postmodernism and Historicism 481 Introduction 481 C. Regionalism and Traditionalism 505 Introduction 505 Part IX: Millennial Tensions 533 A. Tectonics and Geometry 535 Introduction 535 B. The End of Theory? 562 Introduction 562 C. Beyond the New Millennium 582 Introduction 582 Acknowledgments 604