Readings

Detailed Reading Assignments for F16

• Lecture 1 - Introduction / Overview
  1. 1.1 Davies, C. “History,” in Thinking about Architecture (2011), pp. 124-137.
  2. 1.2 Review: Trachtenberg, Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity (2002) Chs. 12-13.
• Lecture 2 - Modernity, Theory, Causes
  1. 2.1 Biddiss, Michael. “Intellectual & Cultural Revolution, 1890-1914,” in Themes in Modern European History, 1890-1945, ed. P. Hayes (1992), pp. 83-105. (D395.H29 1992)
• Lecture 3 - Discussion 1: Modernism
  1. 3.1 Baudelaire, Charles. "Painter of Modern Life," & "Salon 1848," in Modern Art & Modernism: A Critical Anthology, ed. Francis Frascina & Charles Harrison (1982), pp. 23-24, 17-18. (N6447.M6 1982)
  2. 3.2 Simmel, Georg. "The Metropolis and Mental Life," in Art in Theory 1900-1990, eds. Harrison & Wood (1992), pp. 130-135. (N6490.A7167 1993)
  3. 3.3. Bermann, Marshall. "The Experience of Modernity," in Design After Modernism: Beyond the Object, ed. John Thakera (1988), pp. 35-48.
  4. 3.4 Heynen, Hilde. Excerpt from "Architecture facing Modernity," in Architecture & Modernity: A Critique (1999), pp. 9-21. (NA680.H42 1999)
• Lecture 4 - Arts & Crafts and Good Design
  1. 4.1 Muthesius, Hermann. Excerpt from The English House and "The Meaning of Arts & Crafts," in Architecture & Design: 1890-1939, ed. T. Benton (1975), pp. 34-40. (NA680.B48 1975)
  2. 4.2 Kaplan, Wendy. "Traditions Transformed," in Designing Modernity. The Arts of Reform and Persuasion 1885-1945, ed. W. Kaplan (1995), pp. 19-47. (K1370.D48 1995)
• Lecture 5 - Design 2: Art Nouveau & Secession Movements
• Lecture 6 - Father Figures: Wagner & Berlage
  1. 6.1 Wagner, Otto. Selections from Modern Architecture (1896, 1988). Students are encouraged to see WHOLE book on reserve! HR: NA642.W3413 1988
  2. 6.2 Berlage, Hedrich Petrus. Thoughts on Style, 1886-1909 (1996). (see whole book on reserve: NA2750.B46 1995)
  3. 6.3 Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Introduction to Modern Architecture, Wagner (1988), pp. 1-45. (Note: This is an OPTIONAL, EXTRA source, not required. Read text by Wagner first.)
  4. 6.4 Muthesius, Style-Architecture and Building Art (1902, 1994). (see whole book on reserve: NA645 .M8813 1994)
• Lecture 7 - Prewar America: Wright & Modernity
  1. 7.1 Wright, Frank Lloyd. "Art & Craft of the Machine," (1901) in Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings, vol. 1, ed. B.B. Pfeiffer, pp. 58-69.
• Lecture 8 - American Industry & Cities
  1. 8.1 Cohen, Jean-Louis. "The Motherland of Industry," in Scenes of the World to Come, ed. J.L. Cohen (1995), pp. 63-83. (NA680.C64X Ovsz.)
• Lecture 9 - German Werkbund
  1. 9.1 Muthesius, in Architecture & Design, 1890-1939, ed. T. Benton (1975), pp. 48-52. (NA680.B48 1975)
  2. 9.2 Banham, Reyner. Theory & Design in the First Machine Age (1960), Ch.5, pp. 68-78. (NA680.B25 1980)
• Lecture 10 - Critical Loos
  1. 10.1 Banham, Reyner. Ch.7 of Theory & Design in the First Machine Age (1960), pp. 88-97. (NA680.B25 1980)
• Lecture 11 - Discussion 2: Loos & Theory
  1. 11.1 Loos, Adolf. Selections from Spoken into the Void: Collected Essays 1897-1900 (1982), pp. 66-69; 125-127; 45-49. (NK775.L6313 1982)
  2. 11.2 Loos, Adolf. Selections from Architecture & Design, 1890-1939, ed. T. Benton (1975), pp. 40-45 (NA680.B48 1975)
• Lecture 12 - Order: Classicism & Engineering
  1. 12.1 Frampton, Kenneth. "The Classical Tradition and the European Avant-Garde," in Nordic Classicism 1910-1930, ed. Simo Paavilainen (1982), pp. 161-173. (NA1208.5.C55N67 1982)
  2. 12.2 Giedion, Sigfried. Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete (1928, transl. 1995) (see whole book on reserve: 720.944 G45B)
  3. 12.3 Frampton, Kenneth. "August Perret and Classical Rationalism," in his Studies in Tectonic Culture (1995) pp. 121-157. (724.5 F81S)
• Lecture 13 - Avant-Garde I - Cubism & Futurism
  1. 13.1 Giedion, Sigfried. Excerpt from Space, Time & Architecture 3rd ed. (1956), pp. 426-444. (NA203.G5 1967)
  2. 13.2 Tafuri, Manfredo & Francesco Dal Co, "Arch. & Avantgarde," Ch. 8 in Modern Architecture (1976) (NA680.T2513)
• Lecture 14 - Avant-Garde II - German Expressionism
• Lecture 15 - Avant-Garde III - Dutch De Stijl & Mies
  1. 15.1 Friedman, Alice T. "Family Matters," in Women and the Making of the Modern House (1998), pp. 65-88. (NA2543.W65F75 1998 Ovsz.)
  2. 15.2 Frampton, "De Stijl," Ch. 16 in Modern Architecture: A Critical History 3rd ed. (1980) (NA500.F75 2007) (optional)
  3. 15.3. Banham, Theory & Design in the First Machine Age (1960), pp. 138-200 (NA680.B25 1980)
• Lecture 16 - Avant-Garde IV - Russian Constructivism
  1. 16.1 Scharf, Aaron. “Constructivism,” & “Suprematism,” in Concepts of Modern Art, ed. N. Stangos (1994 (1974)), pp. 138-140, 160-168. (709.04 R52C3)
• Lecture 17 - Bauhaus
  1. 17.1 Frampton, "Bauhaus," Ch. 14 in Modern Architecture: A Critical History 3rd ed. (1980) (NA500.F75 2007) (optional)
• Lecture 18 - Le Corbusier's Machine Villas
  1. 18.1 Colquhoun, Alan. "Architecture and Engineering: Le Corbusier and the Paradox of Reason" pp. 89-115, in Modernity and the Classical Tradition (1989). (NA2543.H55 C65 1989) (optional)
  2. 18.2 Colquhoun. "The Significance of Le Corbusier" pp. 163-190, in Modernity and the Classical Tradition (1989). (NA2543.H55 C65 1989) (optional)
• Lecture 19 - Discussion 3: Le Corbusier
  1. 19.1 Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture (1923, transl. 1931) skim book, read pp. v-xvii, 1-8 of this book! (NA2520.L3613 1986)
• Lecture 20 - Housing the Masses
  1. 20.1 May, Ernst. "Flats for Subsistence Living," in Architecture& Design, 1890-1939, ed. T. Benton (1975), pp. 202-204; (NA680.B48 1975)
  2. 20.2 Bullock, Nicholas. “Housing in Frankfurt and the new Wohnkultur, 1925-1931," Architectural Review 163 (June 1978): pp. 335-242. (Periodical) (optional)
  3. 20.3 Ingberman, Sima, ed. "The Viennese Superblocks," Oppositions no.13 (1978): pp. 77-89. (Periodical) (optional)
• Lecture 21 - German Functionalism & CIAM
  1. 21.1 Frampton, "The New Objectivity," Ch.15 of Modern Architecture, pp. 130-141. (NA500.F75 2007)
  2. 21.2 Hitchcock & Johnson, The International Style (1932) (see whole book on reserve: 724.9 H67AA).
• Lecture 22 - Colonialism & Regional Modernisms: India & Brazil
  1. 22.1 Ockman, Joan: Niemeyer, "Form and Function," pp. 308-313. (optional)
• Lecture 23 - Totalitarianism: Germany, Russia, Italy
  1. 23.1 Whyte, Iain Boyd. "National Socialism & Modernism," pp. 258-269 in Art & Power, ed. D. Ades (1995). (N/A)
  2. 23.2 P. Johnson, P. Schmitthenner, P. Schuster, in Architecture & Design 1890-1939, ed. T. Benton, (1975). pp. 207-208, 209-213 (NA680 .B48 1975) (optional)
• Lecture 24 - World War II & Modernity (+ Midterm Review)
  1. 24.1 Cohen, J.L. "Producing Production and Workers' Housing," in Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War (2011), Chapter 4, pp. 80-131. (optional)
  2. 24.2 Pommer, Richard. "Mies v.d. Rohe and the Political Ideology of the Modern Movement," in Mies van der Rohe, Critical Essays, ed. Franz Schulze (1989), pp. 97-134. (720.8 M63MAAD 1 Ovsz.) (optional)
• Lecture 25 - USA & Architecture of Democracy
  1. 25.1 Albrecht, Donald. "Introduction" from World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed a Nation, ed. Donald Albrecht (1995), pp. xvi-xli.
  2. 25.2 Schulze, Franz. "The Bauhaus Architects and the Rise of Modernism in the United States," in Exiles and Emigrés: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler, ed. Stephanie Barron (1997), pp. 225-234. (optional)
  3. 25.3 Cohen, J.L. "Total Mobilisation, from the Factory to the Kitchen," in Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War (2011), Chapter 3, pp. 54-79. (optional)
  4. 25.4 Ockman: Gropius, Walter. "Eight Steps Toward a Solid Architecture," in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 177-181. (optional)
  5. 25.5 Goldberger, Paul. "The Triumph of Modernism" in The Skyscraper (1981), Chapter 7, pp. 102-113. (optional)
• Lecture 26 - Discussion 4: Postwar Anxiety
  1. 26.1 Goldhagen & Legault. "Introduction: Critical Themes of Postwar Modernism"
  2. 26.2 Laurence, “Modern or Contemporary Architecture Circa 1959" in Rifkind/Haddad, A Critical History of Contemporary Arch., 1960-2010 (2014) pp.9-29
  3. 26.2 Goldhagen. "Coda: Reconceptualizing Modernism" in Anxious Modernisms (optional)
  4. 26.3 Ockman. "Introduction" in Architecture Culture, 1943-1968 (optional)
  5. 26.4 Joedickie, J. "Introduction" in Architecture Since 1945 (1969), pp. 1-28 (read the text parts carefully, esp. pp. 26-28 and look at the images carefully) (optional)
• Lecture 27 - US Modern Living & Suburbia
  1. 27.1 Blundell Jones, Peter and Eamonn Canniffe. "Eames House, California," Ch. 1.
  2. 27.2 Colomina, Beatriz. "Intro," in Cold War Hot Houses (2004), pp. 10-21.
  3. 27.3 Ockman: Hudnut, "The Postmodern House" pp. 70-77. (optional)
  4. 27.4 Bergdoll, Barry. "Home Delivery, Intro," in Home Delivery (2008). (optional)
  5. 27.5 Wright, "The New Suburban Expansion and the American Dream," in Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America (1981), pp. 240-261. (optional)
• Lecture 28 - Mies van der Rohe (CANCELLED)
  1. 28.1 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig. The Artless Word, ed. F. (1986, transl. 1991) (see whole book on reserve: 720.8 M63MAAE 1).
  2. 28.2 Ockman: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig. "With Infinite Slowness," in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 163-167.
• Lecture 29 - Aalto & Scandinavian Grace
  1. 29.1 Aalto, Alvar. Alvar Aalto in his Own Words, ed. Goran Schildt (1998) pp. 49-55, 58-63, 71-83, 98-109. (NA1455 .F53 A233 1998)
  2. 29.2 Pallasmaa, Juhani. "Alvar Aalto: Toward a Synthetic Functionalism" pp. 163-190 in Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism & Materialism , ed. P. Reed, (1989). (NA2543.H55 C65 1989) (optional)
• Lecture 30 - Postwar Le Corbusier
• Lecture 31 - Postwar Expressionism & Organic
  1. 31.1 Blundell Jones and Canniffe, "Günter Behnisch and Partners: Munich Olympics Complex, 1967-72" in Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945-1990, Chapter 8, pp. 101-113. (optional)
  2. 31.2 Blundell Jones and Canniffe, "Hans Scharoun: National Theatre Project Mannheim 1953 [Berlin Philharmonic]" in Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945-1990, Chapter 13, pp. 189-203. (optional)
• Lecture 32 - Technology & Brutalism
  1. 32.1 Crosby & Kitnick, “New Brutalism,” in October (136 (2012) pp.17-18, 3-6.
  2. 32.2 Banham, R. “The New Brutalism,” Architectural Review (1955)
  3. 32.3 S. Deyong, “High-Tech: Modernism Redux” in Rifkind/Haddad, pp.51-68
  4. 32.4 Ockman: James Stirling, "Regionalism and Modern Architecture," in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 242-249. (optional)
  5. 32.4 Blundell Jones and Canniffe, "Alison and Peter Smithson: The Economist Building, London, 1964," in Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945-1990, Chapter 5, pp. 59-71. (optional)
  6. 32.5 Blundell Jones and Canniffe, "Stirling and Gowan, Leicester University Engineering Building, 1959-64," in Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945-1990, Chapter 6, pp. 71-87. (optional)
  7. 32.6 Ockman: Maki, Tange, and Isozaki, articles on Metabolism, in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 319-335, 402-407. (optional)
  8. 32.7 Ockman: John McHale and the Smithsons, articles on Brutalism, in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 237-241. (optional)
  9. 32.6 Rohan, Timothy. "The Dangers of Eclecticism: Paul Rudolph's Jewett Arts Center at Wellesley" in Anxious Modernisms, pp. 191-213. (optional)
  10. 32.8 Wendelken, Cherie. "Putting Metabolism Back in Place: The Making of a Radically Decontextualized Architecture in Japan" in Anxious Modernisms, pp. 279-299. (optional)
• Lecture 33 - Tropical Modernism & Environment
  1. 32.1 D. Lu, “Intro.” to Third World Modernism (2011) pp.1-28 (optional)
• Lecture 34 - Kahn, History & Monumentality
  1. 34.1 Kahn, Louis I. "Order Is..." and other writings in Louis Kahn: Writings, Lectures, Interviews, ed. Alessandra Latour.
  2. 34.2 Ockman: Kahn, "Architecture Is the Thoughtful Making of Spaces" in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 272-273. (optional)
  3. 34.3 Ockman: Kahn, "Monumentality" in Architecture Culture 1943-1968, pp. 47-55. (optional)
• Lecture 35 - Pop & the End of Modernism
  1. 35.1 Jencks, C., "The Postmodern Agenda," in The Postmodern Reader (1992) pp. 10-39.
  2. 35.2 D. Rifkind, “Post-Modernism: Critique & Reaction,” in Rifkind/Haddad, pp.31-50
  3. 35.3 Klotz, H., "Postmodern Architecture," excerpt from Klotz, The History of Postmodern Architecture (1984)in Jencks, The Postmodern Reader pp. 234-248. (optional)
• Lecture 36 - Discussion 5: Postmodernism
  1. 36.1 Mallgrave, H.F. Architectural Theory, vol.2. An Anthology from 1871-2005 (2008) pp. 384-419.
• Lecture 37 - Postmodernism 1: Whites vs. Greys
  1. 37.1 Jencks, C., "Post-Modern Architecture" from The Language of Post-Modern Architecture, in Architecture Theory since 1968, ed. K. Michael Hays, pp. 306-317. (optional)
  2. 37.2 Lyotard, Jean-François. "Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?", pp. 138-150. (optional)
• Lecture 38 - Postmodernism 2
  1. 38.1 Frampton, K., “Architecture in the Age of Globalization...” Ch.7 in Modern Architecture: A Critical History 4th ed. (2007) pp. 344-389.
• Lecture 39 - Deconstructivism
  1. 39.1 Haddad, “Deconstruction: Project of Radical Self-Criticism,” in Rifkind/Haddad, pp.69-90
  2. 39.2 Di Christina, Giuseppe. “The Topological Tendency in Architecture,” in Architecture and Science, (2001): pp. 6-13. (optional)
  3. 39.3 Wigley, Mark. Preface to Deconstructivist Architecture, pp. 6-20. (optional)
• Lecture 40 - Pragmatism & the End of Theory
  1. 40.1 Tabb, “Greening Architecture: Impact of Sustainability” in Rifkind/Haddad, pp.91-114
  2. 40.2 Saunders, ed. The New Architectural Pragmatism (2007), “Intro.” (optional)
  3. 40.3 Carpo, M. "Introduction: Twenty Years of Digital Design," in The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992—2012 (2013). (optional)
  4. 40.4 Picon, A. "Introduction," in Digital Culture in Architecture (2010), pp. 8-14. (optional)