Rajesh Heynickx is a Professor in Architectural Theory and Intellectual History at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium.Ricardo Costa Agarez is Assistant Professor of Architectural Theory and History at the University of Évora, Portugal.Elke Couchez is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Hasselt, Belgium.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroductionPart One: Translations and Appropriations1. Deconstruction and Architecture: translation as a matter of speculative theory2. Gehry’s Lou Ruvo Center in Las Vegas as a Housing Critique3. “Boomerang Effect”: The Repercussions of Critical Regionalism in 1980s Greece4.The Autonomy of Theory: Tendenzen – Neuere Architektur im Tessin, ETH Zurich, 1975SECTION 2: Imprints and Undercurrents5. Royston Landau and the Research Programmes of Architecture6. Theoretical a/gnosticisms: Paul Tillich, Colin Rowe, and the theology of architectureSECTION 3: Vehicles7. Cedric Price's Chats: Orality and the Production of Architectural Theory8. Alternative Facts: Towards a Theorisation of Oral History in Architecture9. Abandoning the Plan 10. Deltiology as History. Informal Communication as Praxis.11. Theorizing from the South. The Seminar of Latin American Architecture (SAL)Index

Buildings stay still, but theory is always on the move. This simple fact, often noticed but little acted upon, is one of the two catalysts for this engaging collection of essays on architecture’s recent past. The other - the chronic uncertainty as to whether architecture is at heart a practical, or a theoretical, discipline - is exploited to good effect through a series of lively and provocative discussions.

Rajesh Heynickx is a Professor in Architectural Theory and Intellectual History at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium.Ricardo Costa Agarez is Assistant Professor of Architectural Theory and History at the University of Évora, Portugal.Elke Couchez is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Hasselt, Belgium.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroductionPart One: Translations and Appropriations1. Deconstruction and Architecture: translation as a matter of speculative theory2. Gehry’s Lou Ruvo Center in Las Vegas as a Housing Critique3. “Boomerang Effect”: The Repercussions of Critical Regionalism in 1980s Greece4.The Autonomy of Theory: Tendenzen – Neuere Architektur im Tessin, ETH Zurich, 1975SECTION 2: Imprints and Undercurrents5. Royston Landau and the Research Programmes of Architecture6. Theoretical a/gnosticisms: Paul Tillich, Colin Rowe, and the theology of architectureSECTION 3: Vehicles7. Cedric Price's Chats: Orality and the Production of Architectural Theory8. Alternative Facts: Towards a Theorisation of Oral History in Architecture9. Abandoning the Plan 10. Deltiology as History. Informal Communication as Praxis.11. Theorizing from the South. The Seminar of Latin American Architecture (SAL)Index

Buildings stay still, but theory is always on the move. This simple fact, often noticed but little acted upon, is one of the two catalysts for this engaging collection of essays on architecture’s recent past. The other - the chronic uncertainty as to whether architecture is at heart a practical, or a theoretical, discipline - is exploited to good effect through a series of lively and provocative discussions.

Rajesh Heynickx is a Professor in Architectural Theory and Intellectual History at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium.Ricardo Costa Agarez is Assistant Professor of Architectural Theory and History at the University of Évora, Portugal.Elke Couchez is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Hasselt, Belgium.

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroductionPart One: Translations and Appropriations1. Deconstruction and Architecture: translation as a matter of speculative theory2. Gehry’s Lou Ruvo Center in Las Vegas as a Housing Critique3. “Boomerang Effect”: The Repercussions of Critical Regionalism in 1980s Greece4.The Autonomy of Theory: Tendenzen – Neuere Architektur im Tessin, ETH Zurich, 1975SECTION 2: Imprints and Undercurrents5. Royston Landau and the Research Programmes of Architecture6. Theoretical a/gnosticisms: Paul Tillich, Colin Rowe, and the theology of architectureSECTION 3: Vehicles7. Cedric Price's Chats: Orality and the Production of Architectural Theory8. Alternative Facts: Towards a Theorisation of Oral History in Architecture9. Abandoning the Plan 10. Deltiology as History. Informal Communication as Praxis.11. Theorizing from the South. The Seminar of Latin American Architecture (SAL)Index

Buildings stay still, but theory is always on the move. This simple fact, often noticed but little acted upon, is one of the two catalysts for this engaging collection of essays on architecture’s recent past. The other - the chronic uncertainty as to whether architecture is at heart a practical, or a theoretical, discipline - is exploited to good effect through a series of lively and provocative discussions.