Critical Architecture and Contemporary Culture (Publications of the University of California Humanities Research Institute)

The third volume in the University of California Humanities Research Institute Series , this book brings together prominent literary theorists and architects to offer a variety of perspectives on the relation between postmodernism and architecture. The contributors include such luminaries from the forefront of literary studies as J. Hillis Miller, Jacques Derrida, and Jean-Francois Lyotard; the architects Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, and Robert Stern offer their perspectives on the critical role of architecture and contemporary culture. The high caliber of the discourse and the variety of approaches included will draw a scholarly audience from a wide range of disciplines. Contents......Page 8 Introduction: The Search for Common Ground......Page 12 I: ARCHITECTURE AND THEORY......Page 20 1. Beginning from the Ground Up......Page 22 2. Letter to Peter Eisenman......Page 29 Lettre à Peter Eisenman......Page 38 3. Post/El Cards: A Reply to Jacques Derrida......Page 47 II: ARCHITECTURE AND REPRESENTATION......Page 52 Introduction: On Representation......Page 54 4. The Postmodern Continuum......Page 55 5. James Gamble Rogers and the Pragmatics of Architectural Representation......Page 73 III: ARCHITECTURE AND CONVENTIONS......Page 96 Introduction: Critical and Artistic Conventions......Page 98 6. Terragni, Conventions, and the Critics......Page 100 7. Montage, Collage, and Broken Narrative......Page 113 IV: ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY......Page 132 8. Socially Motivated Architecture......Page 134 9. User-Oriented Architecture......Page 142 V: AFTER POSTMODERNISM......Page 172 10. Keynote Address......Page 174 11. A Postmodern Fable on Postmodernity, or: In the Megalopolis......Page 196 Postscript: The Ground Is No Longer Flat: Postmodernity from Architecture to Philosophy......Page 206 Biographical Notes......Page 220 Introduction: The Search For Common Ground / Marilyn F. Moriarty -- I. Architecture And Theory. 1. Beginning From The Ground Up / J. Hillis Miller. 2. Letter To Peter Eisenman, Jacques Derrida. Lettre A Peter Eisenman / Jacques Derrida. 3. Post/ei Cards: A Reply To Jacques Derrida / Peter Eisenman -- Ii. Architecture And Representation -- Introduction: On Representation / Ann Bergren. 4. The Postmodern Continuum / Robert A.m. Stern. 5. James Gamble Rogers And The Pragmatics Of Architectural Representation / Aaron Betsky -- Iii. Architecture And Conventions -- Introduction: Critical And Artistic Conventions / Barton Phelps. 6. Terragni, Conventions, And The Critics / Diane Ghirardo. 7. Montage, Collage, And Broken Narrative / Frank Israel -- Iv. Architecture And Society. 8. Socially Motivated Architecture / Andrea Dean. 9. User-oriented Architecture / Paul Zajfen And Michael Wilford -- V. After Postmodernism. 10. Keynote Address / Frank Gehry. Edited By William J. Lillyman, Marilyn F. Moriarty, David J. Neuman. Includes Bibliographical References. This volume, evolving from a recent symposium, brings together a group of prominent literary theorists and architects to discuss the entente between postmodernism and architecture.