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- Revisiting Critical Regionalism
- Abstract
- For more than five decades, Anglo-American architecture critic and historian Kenneth Frampton has played a prominent role in architecture culture. During this entire period, he has taken a rather exceptional position, operating mainly in the registers of historiography while simultaneously maintaining an engaged relation with contemporary architectural practice. His award at the 2018 Venice Biennale as well as the recent acquisition of his archives by the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal and of his library by the University of Hong Kong illustrate the appreciation for Frampton’s contribution to various domains of architecture culture. As a theoretician, he developed perspectives that forge connections between the past and the present, positioning contemporary practice within cultural temporalities. His position between critique and history has had a strong influence on his theoretical thinking. Through theorems such as ‘tectonics’ and ‘material culture’, Frampton has furthermore constructed compelling bridges between historical and present-day design practice.
- Citation
- Avermaete, T., Patteeuw, V., & Szacka & Hans TeerdsLéa-Catherine. (2019). Revisiting Critical Regionalism. Critical Regionalism . Revisited, OASE, (103), 1–6. Retrieved from https://www.oasejournal.nl/en/Issues/103/RevisitingCriticalRegionalism
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- Editors of this issue
- Tom Avermaete, Veronique Patteeuw, Hans Teerds, Lea-Catherine Szacka
- Editors
- Tom Avermaete, Asli Cicek, Bart Decroos, Jantje Engels, Christoph Grafe, Bruno Notteboom, Véronique Patteeuw, David Peleman, Hans Teerds, Christophe Van Gerrewey
- Authors
- BC Architects, Irina Davidovici, Job Floris, Kenneth Frampton, Charles Holland, Wonne Ickx, Esin Komez, Andrew Leach and Nicole Sully, Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk, Carmen Popescu, Stylianos Giamarelos, Marine Urbain, Maarten Vanden Driessche, Marjoleine van Eig
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- Aagje Martens, Karel Martens
- May 2019
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