Artificial Light

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Architecture

ISBN: 9781568987491
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Softcover, 144 pages
15,2 x 21 cm
colour
August 2008
€19,00 (excl. VAT)

Artificial Light

A Narrative Inquiry into the Nature of Abstraction, Immediacy, and other Architectural Fictions

Keith Mitnick

Architectural educator Keith Mitnick argues that architectural discourse need not disappear; it need only change shape and break free from the tired, poststructuralist narratives with which it has become associated in the past couple of decades.

Artificial Light suggests an alternative type of critical theory consisting of personal and fictitious anecdotes, real and fake photographs, and mini-essays that addresses prevalent themes in architecture such as immediacy, affect, abstraction, atmosphere, realness and banality. With a narrative style reminiscent of other unconventional writers on design such as Paul Shepheard, Roger Connah and Rebecca Solnit, Artificial Light is the beautifully written and visually engaging debut of a dynamic new voice in the world of architectural criticism.