The concept of the avant-garde is still today an area of contention since its initial cultural formulation by Saint-Simon in 1825. One of the most important works to emerge that added to the contemporary debate on the avant-garde and post-modernism was the classic work by Peter Bu...

Aim: To become familiar with the various theoretical positions and writings in the histories and theories of western architecture. Task: To select two articles from a list issues of the journal Architectural Design (AD) that you consider difficult. Present a summary of the hey argument contai...

What made the shift from the modern machine culture of Corbusier to the new brutalism order of Team 10? Every phase of architecture has to have an anti-phase, where its ideals are opposed. The young architects who grew up with the old master's ideals soon became disenchanted with his visions. It ca...