Ordinary - Recordings

The Ordinary explores the genealogy of architecture books that document the contemporary urban condition, examining the material they recorded, findings, arguments, and projects they promoted. It questions the assumptions underlying this practice and whether it remains a space of opportunity.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 98 pages
\n Publication date: 10 September 2018
\n Publisher: Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
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Since the turn of the century, the field of architecture has been intensely focused on capturing the contemporary urban landscape. Every city has been studied as a treasure trove of architectural ideas, scrutinized as a manifesto for urban living, and documented as a collection of found objects. The Ordinary offers a potential genealogy for this practice and the genre of books that have emerged from it. This volume is structured around conversations with the authors of three seminal texts that document the city: Denise Scott Brown's Learning from Las Vegas (1972), Rem Koolhaas's Delirious New York (1978), and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto's Made in Tokyo (2001). By examining the material these books recorded, the findings they established, the arguments they advanced, and the projects they promoted, this volume traces the history of these books on cities. These conversations also challenge the assumptions underlying this practice and question whether, in its widespread popularity, it still remains a space of opportunity.

\n Weight: 150g\n
Dimension: 178 x 113 x 11 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781941332061\n \n