Baudrillard for Architects

This introductory but in-depth assessment and critique of Baudrillard's interest in architecture presents key concepts and emphasises how the mutual concerns of cultural theory and architecture provide a fruitful ground for debate in contemporary architecture.

Author: Francesco Proto
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/18/2019
Pages: 126
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780415508865

About the Author

Francesco Proto is an architect and Senior Lecturer in History and Theory of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University School of Architecture, as well as a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies. He has published widely on Jean Baudrillard and his previous book, Mass Identity Architecture, was the first to foreground Baudrillard's interest and concern with architecture. His current research focuses on the relationship between subjectivity and the city and Baudrillard's re-reading of Jacques Lacan.