CONTENTS Preface 6 Introduction8 - On the Predicament of Architecture at the Turn of the Century Theory Introduction22 The Status of Man and the Status of his Objects24 Apropos Ulm : Curriculum and Critical Theory 44 The Volvo Case 64 Towards a Critical Regionalism : Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance 76 Rappel a Order : The Case for the Tectonic 90 History Introduction 106 The Humanist Versus the Utilitarian Ideal 108 The Work and Influence of EI Lissitzky120 Team 10, Plus 20 : The Vicissitudes of Ideology136 Constructivism : The Pursuit of an Elusive Sensibility150 Louis Kahn and the French Connection 168 Maison De Verre as Bachelor Machine 186 In Spite of the Void : The Otherness of Adolf Loos196 The Other Le Corbusier : Primitive From and the Linear City, 1929-52218 The usonian Legacy226 The Legacy of Alvar Aalto234 Criticism Introduction 256 Leicester University Engineering Laboratory 258 Genesis of the philharmonie264 A House of Ivy League Values : The Ford Foundation Headquarters272 Moneo's Paseo : The Bankinter278 The Structural Regionalism of Herman Hertzberger288 Alvaro Siza : Duarte House and the Teixeira Apartment298 The Work of Tadao Ando304 In the Name of the Father : O M Unger's German Ambassador's Residence 318 Minimal Moralia : Reflections on Recent Swiss German Production324 Notes 333 Select Bibliography343 Further Reading344 Index 346 Credits351