书籍介绍
这本书最耐人寻味的地方,不在它如何谈论建筑,而在它逼我们看清一个尴尬事实:建筑师是全世界最离不开说话、却最少认真说话的一个职业。他们靠“形式”“空间”“功能”这些词争取项目、说服客户,却很少追问这些词到底意味着什么。Forty的做法是挑出几个被用滥的术语——“形式”“类型”“流通”——把它们从建筑话语里抽出来,一路回溯到柏拉图、康德、黑格尔、森佩尔,看它们如何在哲学史里被一次次重新定义,又如何在20世纪被建筑界征用、掏空、变得好用却含糊。这不是建筑批评,而是一场针对词汇的考古。它适合那些读建筑理论时感到被术语架空的人:你会学会对“形式”“空间”这类词保持警惕,也学会理解建筑师为何如此依赖语言来证明自己的劳动值得被称作智力工作。
作者简介
Adrian Forty is a Professor of Architectural History at The Bartlett, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London, now retired. He is also the former Programme Director of the masters programme in Architectural History. In 2003, he was awarded the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education. Forty is the author of many highly regarded books on architecture and design, including Objects of Desire, also published by Thames & Hudson.