The Death and Life of Great Architecture Criticism

What is the future of architecture criticism? Tom Fisher parses an interview with artist Chuck Close, and sees in Close's reinvention of the art of portraiture some timely lessons for the next generation of criticism.
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A Mound in the Wood

"Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument." So declared Adolf Loos in his 1910 essay "Architecture." Here, in the second installment of his latest series on the charged relationship of buildings and landscapes, David Heymann offers a close reading of Loos's famous and still shocking essay, which is, he says, "more radical today than when it was written."
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WEEKLY EMAIL: DECEMBER 07, 2011
FEATURED THIS WEEK : THOMAS FISHER The Death and Life of Great Architecture Criticism What is the future of architecture criticism? Tom Fisher parses an interview with artist Chuck Close, and sees in Close's reinvention of the art of portraiture some timely lessons for the next generation of criticism. READ MORE
PLACES EDITORS Public and Private Places Journal seeks articles that explore the complex dynamic of public and private in contemporary politics and culture, and how this dynamic influences the design and production of buildings, landscapes and cities. Read more READ MORE DAVID HEYMANN A Mound in the Wood "Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument." So declared Adolf Loos in his 1910 essay "Architecture." Here, in the second installment of his latest series on the charged relationship of buildings and landscapes, David Heymann offers a close reading of Loos's famous and still shocking essay, which is, he says, "more radical today than when it was written." READ MORE FROM OUR SPONSORS Learn to be a design critic through SVA's D-Crit program.Design as subject matter, criticism as a literary genre and the range of tools with which to practice design criticism. Watch videos of presentations by the Class of 2011 >> The D-Crit Program >> SVA Website >> Felt & Wire Shop, a curated marketplace of designer papergoods, gifts and also an industry blog. Shop here for beautiful unique gifts, journals, note cards, posters and stationary. The Felt & Wire Shop >> DAVID HEYMANN Landscape Is Our Sex One of the truisms of contemporary architectural thinking is that the relationship of a building to its landscape is — or ought to be — one of the crucial determinants of its design. Here, in the first of three essays that will appear in the next weeks, David Heymann unpacks the various causes and effects — the logics and illogics — of this powerful cultural presumption. READ MORE MATTHEW MOORE Digital Farm Collective A few years ago artist and farmer Matthew Moore realized that he would likely be the last of several generations to work the land on the family farm outside Phoenix. As Moore puts it, "We had a new crop: suburban homes." In response Moore has created a multimedia art and education project, the Digital Farm Collective, with the goal of spurring dialogue about the future of agriculture as a community — something to contemplate, as America celebrates Thanksgiving. READ MORE PLACES EDITORS Recent Books from Partner Schools A round-up of selected books on architecture, urban planning and design by faculty in our partner school network. Read more READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Go on, tempt the fates. Enter the show celebrating the best design ever printed on Mohawk paper. Enter here >> The place to go for the latest and most trusted information regarding sustainability in our industry. eQ from Sappi >> Spend a year at IDEO on poverty-related challenges >> The Graduate Program for the Designer as Entrepreneur. More information here >> PLACES ARCHIVE: WINTER 2009 Infrastructural Optimism Learning from New Orleans, or why we really need a new New Deal. READ MORE PARTNER SCHOOL Arizona State University, The Design School We are engaged in a new paradigm for the teaching and research of design in the 21st century. Located within one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing universities and set in the context of one of the country’s most rapidly urbanizing metropolises, The Design School offers degrees in architecture, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design, and visual communication (graphic) design. Our school brings together all of these design disciplines, with one unified faculty, working together to create a new vision of how we educate the next generation of designers. We are the most comprehensive and collaborative design school in the country. RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED American Glamour Alice T. Friedman Reading the American Landscape: An Index of Books and Images Lex ter Braak, David Hamers, Anne Hoogewoning, Erik de Jong, Frank van der Salm, Dirk Sijmons and Hanneke Schreiber Boomtown 2050: Scenarios for a Rapidly Growing City Richard Weller
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