Architectures

Andrew Ballantyne is Professor of Architecture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of Architecture, Landscape and Liberty: Richard Payne Knight and the Picturesque (1997), What is Architecture? (2002), and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (2002).

• List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors.Series Editor’s Preface.Preface.Introduction: Architectures in the Plural: Andrew Ballantyne.1. An Avant-garde Academy: Simon Sadler (University of California, Davis).2. Aalto and the Tutelary Goddesses: Sarah Menin (University of Newcastle).3. Becoming-skyscraper: Ayn Rand’s Architect: Gerard Loughlin (University of Newcastle).4. Steps Towards a Sustainable Architecture: Brenda and Robert Vale (University of Auckland, New Zealand).5. Gordon Matta-Clark’s Building Dissections: Stephen Walker (University of Sheffield).6. Territoriality and Identity at RAF Menwith Hill: David Wood (University of Newcastle).7. Domestic Space Transformed, 1850-2000: Elizabeth Cromley (Northeastern University).8. English Townscape as Cultural and Symbolic Capital: Andrew Law (University of Newcastle).Bibliography.Index

"This collection of stimulating essays delights in the variety and diversity of modern architecture through differing processes of story telling and the analysis of facts. This is a book for the reader able to embrace plurality. Those who seek a singular vision will need to look elsewhere." Robert Tavernor, University of Bath "Wide-ranging and original, this collection offers fresh new perspectives on architecture and its histories within the expanded arena of cultural studies. It suggests the many roles that buildings can play in the conscious and unconscious lives of human beings." Alice Friedman, Wellesley College