CONTENTS
FOREWORD: ROBERT A.M. STERN 12
I.THE MONOGRAPH ON THE HILL 34
KILLING SIMPLICITY: OBJECT ORIENTED PHILOSOPHY IN ARCHITECTURE
FASTER THAN LANGUAGE: ARCHITECTURAL FORM AND THE SUBJUGATION OF CONCEPTS 41
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATI ON, LITHUANIA MALI MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AUTOMOTIVE DISPLAY FACILITY
II. A CONVERSATION IN HONOR OF ZAHA HADID 65
THE TEXAS DEBATES: AN EXCERPT
HELSINKI GUGG ENHEIM
TOWER ON W EST 57TH STREET HOUSE ON IL RENE- LEVASSEUR 73
III. IN DEFENSE OF DESIGN ROT MUNCHING ARCHITECTS WHY MATTER MATTERS 97
VEL ICHOR RESI DEN T IAL BUILDING METROPOL HOTEL TOWER ON W EST 22ND STREET T IMES SQ UAR E T HEATER ADDITION NICOPANDA ACC ESSOR IES
YALE SEMINAR KITBASHING RESEARCH 105
IV. ARCHITECTURE, BRANDING, AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY
NICOLA FORMIC HETTI STORES H&M COACHELLA PAVI LION SAMSUNG PROJECTION CLOUD RETAIL ENV IRONM ENTS FOR DIESEL 137
V. SOFTWARE MONOCULTURES ALONG UTOPIAN LINES: AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE AGE OF APOLLO 161
ESTON IAN ACAD EMY OF THE ARTS BARD LI VE ARTS CENTER EAST RIVE VALLEY PROPOSAL ROBOTIC TU LIP LI GHTS 169
VI. INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETIC THEORY 193
ETIOLOGIES OF BEAUTY: ARCHITECTURE AND THE NEW PHYSICS OF APPEARANCES
DEUS EX MA CHINA: FROM SEMIOLOGY TO THE ELEGANCE OF AESTHETICS
PENKR IDGE HALL ANNEX HARVEY MILK PLAZA AN D AR TS GROTTO
THE OCCI DENTAL RESIDENTI AL COM PLEX LOWER EAST SIDE RESIDENTIAL TOWER CIUR LI ON IS CONCERT HALL 201
VII. KA WAII AND THE LOGISTICS OF CUTENESS THE NAUGHTY SISTER PROJECT MAYHEM THE AESTHETICS OF SUSTAINABILITY IT'S THE END OF THE DIGITAL AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
AGAINST THE EVERYDAY 225
SOLARPRODS RESIDENCE IN GACE OUTFIT FOR LADY GAGA TIMES SQ UARE VALENT INE GEOTHE RMAL FUTURES LAB 233
AFTERWORD: PETER EISENMAN 259
PROJECTS 2000-2018 DESIGNERS AND COL LABORATORS 260
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