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The Architect and the Public
On George Baird’s Contribution to Architecture
Edited by Roberto Damiani
ISBN 9788822904010
2020, pp. 368
167x240 mm, brossura con bandelle, illustrazioni a colori e bn
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“The old binaries that we, ‘the theory generation,’ used to fight about—theory versus history, formalism versus realism, autonomy versus social engagement, culture versus media, critical versus post-critical— seem quite flat and dry. There is much more volume now, more layering, more color, though, perhaps, less depth. George Baird can claim to have been one of the few to usher in this new imbrication of design research and a kind of ‘theory-in-the-making.’”
K. Michael Hays

Is architecture indeed a public matter? What makes it public? What agency does the architect have to empower architecture’s publics?
The Architect and the Public presents a range of original perspectives on the Canadian architect George Baird’s theoretical work in connection with his teaching and design practice. Working across several media and cultural contexts, Baird played a significant role in the debate on architecture’s meaning and appearance in light of the cultural and disciplinary changes that happened in the second half of the twentieth century in North America and beyond. This volume spans more than fifty years to construct the first collective critical reflection on his contribution to architectural discourse, in particular to the theory of the public in architecture and urbanism. Assembling previously unpublished archival material, essays, and interviews representing an intergenerational group of voices, the book includes contributions by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Marc Baraness, Joseph Bedford, Adrian Blackwell, Andrew Choptiany, Scott Colman, Peter Eisenman, Kenneth Frampton, K. Michael Hays, Hans Ibelings, Bruce Kuwabara, Lars Lerup, Louis Martin, John van Nostrand, Joan Ockman, Michael Piper, Richard M. Sommer, Hans Teerds, and Mirko Zardini.
The distinct intellectual paths of these nineteen contributors converge on Baird’s career as an example of the architect’s public engagement in contemporary society.

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Indice
  • Preface
  • Roberto Damiani, On George Baird and the Public
  • Timeline 1957–2016

  • PERSUASION AND ACTION: TOWARDS A POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITY
  • Louis Martin, Semiotics and Architecture Revisited
  • Joseph Bedford, Notes on the Meaning Moment: Architectural Discourse before the Ideology Wars
  • Hans Teerds, Passionate Engagement with the Things of the World: Hannah Arendt as Interlocutor in the Writings of George Baird
  • Joan Ockman, The City According to Barthes, Benjamin, and Baird
  • Adrian Blackwell, The City from Sign to Medium: Private Property, Public Space, and the Pragmatics of Architecture

  • ENCOUNTER 1
  • Roberto Damiani, Eisenman on Baird: Oppositions in North American Architectural Theory, an Interview with Peter Eisenman

  • LEARNING FROM BAIRD
  • John van Nostrand, On Architecture’s Cultural Patterns: Some Notes on George Baird’s Influence
  • Roberto Damiani, Michael Piper, On Baird and the City: An Interview with Marc Baraness
  • Roberto Damiani, On Baird, Toronto, and Architecture’s Urban Role: An Interview with Bruce Kuwabara

  • ENCOUNTER 2
  • Roberto Damiani, On Baird, Method, and Pleasure: An Interview with K. Michael Hays
  • REREADING BAIRD: ON THE ARCHITECT’S AGENCY AND THE URBAN COMMON
  • Pier Vittorio Aureli, Language, Production, and Architecture: Revisiting George Baird’s “Dimension Amoureuse” after Post-Fordism
  • Michael Piper, Project Parcel: An “Agency” for Design in the Context of Urban Property
  • Scott Colman, Lars Lerup, An American Distance
  • Hans Ibelings, Andrew Choptiany, Translated Modernity: On George Baird’s Shifting Media
  • Mirko Zardini, Architecture and Its Discontents: George Baird, Joseph Rykwert, and Ivan Illich in Retrospect

  • ENCOUNTER 3
  • Kenneth Frampton, Kenneth Frampton and George Baird: A Continuing Conversation

  • ON TEACHING AND PRACTICING ARCHITECTURE
  • A Conversation between George Baird and Richard M. Sommer. Moderated by Roberto Damiani

  • EPILOGUE
  • George Baird

  • Bibliography of Writings by George Baird 1965–2015

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