CONTENTS
Preface William S. Saunders vii
Introduction Michael Benedikt ix
1. Learning from St. Louis: The Arch, the Canon, and Bourdieu Helene Lipstadt 1
2. What Goes Unnoticed: On the Canonical Quality of the PSFS Building David Leatherbarrow 24
3. Canon and Anti-Canon: On the Fall and Rise of the A + A Timothy M. Rohan 38
4. Canons in Cross Fire: On the Importance of Critical Modernism Charles Jencks 52
5. In the Shadow of a Giant: On the Consequences of Canonization Daniel Willis 66
6. Eyesore or Art? On Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project John Beardsley 87
7. Toward an Architecture of Humility: On the Value of Experience Juhani Pallasmaa 96
8. Why Are Some Buildings More Interesting Than Others? KurtW. Forster 104
9. Questions of Value: An Interview with Kenneth Frampton William S. Saunders and
Nancy Levinson 116
10. Most Architecture Should Be Modest: On Architecture and Aesthetic Judgment Roger Scruton 124
From Taste Judgment: Multiple Criteria in the Evaluation of Architecture William S. Saunders 129
Once Again ty the Pacific: Returning to Sea Ranch Tim Culverhouse and Lisa Findley 150
The Absence of Presence: The Knickerbocker Residence and the Fate of No elitist Architecture Diane Ghirardo 165
Contributors 173