Hilde heynen and gulsum baydar and critical architecture 2007, eds. Critical architecture, special issue of the journal of architecture, june 2005, v. Jane rendells art and architecture fits this category almost exactly. The majority of the book focuses on the critical history of modern architecture from 18361967. The pursuit of pleasure presents the figures of the rambler and the cyprian, the eighteenth century precursors to the parisian flgneur and prostitute. Criticismnegationaction introduction mark dorrian 1. Prof jane rendell the bartlett school of architecture. Critical architecture, special issue of the journal of architecture june 2005 v. Intersections is the first book to survey comprehensively this impact on architecture, providing sixteen essays that intersect a particular critical theory with specific architectural ideas, projects and events. She has been based at the bartlett school of architecture since 2000, where she has been professor of architecture and art since 2008. I understand my own method of criticism to be a form of practice, one that is critical and spatial rendell 2006.
She is interested in interdisciplinarity, theory and history, gender and space, art and architecture, but particularly the relationship between spatial theory and critical practice. A place between, rendell discusses a number of projects that she terms critical spatial practices 2006, p. Jane rendell further argues that strategies for such critical. A place between, art, architecture and critical theory eki. Analyzing a range of ideas from biological, evolutionary and anthropological theories to a variety of feminist, psychoan. Jane rendell born dubai, uae in 1967 is an architectural historian, cultural critic and art writer.
The book puts into shape what happens when discussions concerning situatedness and the prominent cultural critic mieke bal defines the new discipline of art writing as a fresh mode of criticism, which aims to. The historical project after manfredo tafuri teresa stoppani 3. Critical architecture, special issue of the journal of architecture 103, june. Critical, comparative and interdisciplinary, the books in the. Psychoanalysis and architecture download ebook pdf, epub. Critical architecture jane rendell, jonathan hill, mark dorrian. The urban spaces traced by these figures were the clubs, sporting venues, operas, assembly rooms, streets and arcades of central london. Her book, she tells us, takes up certain tenets of deconstruction to destabilize binary assumptions that are often made about the relationship between art and architecture, private and public and theory and practice. Kop art and architecture av professor jane rendell pa. The architecture of art criticism first edition by jane rendell isbn. She trained and practised as an architectural designer before studying for her msc and phd in architectural history.
Architecture, gender and sexuality history of art, the. Architectural histories and critical theories, london. Jane rendell is reader in architecture and art and director of architectural research at the bartlett school of architecture, university collage london. Background texts by rendell critical spatial practice. Architecture, writing and criticism in the 1960s and 1970s. Aug 31, 2010 following this definition, sitewriting. This essay explores the critical role played by metaphor, as a form of crossdomain mapping conceptual and empirical in my spatial practice, focusing in particular on two projects, abstract tours and hong kong inscriptions. Aug 01, 2007 buy critical architecture critiques 1 by rendell, jane, hill, jonathan, dorrian, mark, fraser, murray isbn. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The athlone presscontinuum with rutgers university press, 2002. Jane rendell jane rendell is lecturer in architecture at the bartlett school of architecture, ucl.
Prof jane rendell the bartlett school of architecture ucl. Behind straight curtain katarina bonnevier grays building e. The term critical spatial practice refers to forms of practice between art and architecture. Behind straight curtain s katarina bonnevier 9 789197 590167 isbn 9789197590167. Critical studies in architectural humaities kindle edition by rendell, jane, hill, jonathan, dorrian, mark, fraser, murray. Grillner, kth, accentuates a critical understanding of the built environment and its societal context. An extended essay by the editors gives an indepth introduction to the subject. In this thoughtprovoking book, jane rendell explores how architectural space registers in psychoanalysis. This paper discusses how my research into sitewriting, influenced by debates around artwriting, can inform architectural criticism. Architecture and utopia download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Jane rendell is an architectural designer, historian and theorist.
The agrammatical construction of a writing architecture acknowledges a debt to architectural theorists such as jane rendell and katja grillner rendell 2005. It also brings authors into conversation to focus on the built environment from the perspective of critical practice. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jane rendell is senior lecturer in architecture at the university of. Summary over the last decade, critical theories of different kinds have had an enormous impact on many different disciplines and practices. The environment, hosted at kth school of architecture director. Joe kerr joe kerr is head of the department of critical and historical studies, royal college of art, london. Architecture as critical knowledge david cunningham 4. Iain borden, jane rendell, joe kerr with alicia pivaro eds. The architecture of art criticism puts the sites of the critics engagement with art first. In opposition to conventional conceptions of architectural education and work, this book reflects how socially engaged architects, landscape architects.
Architectures tightrope investigating an alternative. In writing about various art and architectural projects, i became aware the criticism was itself a form of critical spatial practice, and i developed the practice of sitewriting as a form of situated criticism. A colloquium on fictocritical approaches to a writing. In this section, frampton explores modern architecture around the globe. She investigates both the inherently spatial vocabulary. Drawing on critical theory, geography and philosophy, the pursuit of pleasure extends and critiques the. Rethinking the social in architecture is a strong research environment funded by the swedish research council formas 20112016. The 7 principles of architectural criticism architectural criticism is a really tough task as there are many aspects which cannot be distinguished as right or wrong, for instance, aesthetics. Gender, space, architecture 223 26 jane rendell 225 introduction. She has taught at chelsea college of art and design, winchester school of art, and the university of nottingham. Histories and critical theories iain borden and jane rendell later versions published in intersections. Architecture questioned this assumed division between design and criticism and proposed instead that as forms of architectural critical practice operating.
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Jane rendell is professor of architecture and art, and vice dean of research at the bartlett school of architecture, ucl. Critical architecture examines the relationship between critical practice in architecture and architectural criticism. Placing architecture in an interdisciplinary context, the book explores architectural criticism with reference to modes of criticism in other disciplines specifically art criticism and considers how critical practice in architecture operates through a number of different. Jane rendells most popular book is gender space architecture. I developed these ideas in an authored book, jane rendell, art and architecture. Gender, space and architecture in regency london, london. Setting out a feminist approach to some modes and what matters in. Jan 20, 2006 jane rendell is an architectural designer, historian and theorist. Iain borden is director of the bartlett school of architecture, ucl.
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