Rabe, Martin Friedrich
Radulphe
Raffaello da Montelupo
Raimond
Rainaldi, Carlo
Rainaldi, Girolamo
Rainaldus
Rainerius
Ranconval, Jehan
Rauch, Christian Daniel
Raymond du Temple
Raymond, Jean Armand
Regnauldin, Laurent
Remigius
Rennie, John
Rennie, Sir John
Renwick, James
Repton, Humphrey
Revett, Nicholas
Reynaud, François Léonce
Ricamatori, Giovanni de'
Ricchini, Francesco Maria
Ricciarelli, Daniello de'
Richardson, Charles James
Richardson, Henry Hobson
Richier, Geoffroy
Richier, Gérard
Richier, Jean
Richier, Ligier
Rickman, Thomas
Riggenboch, Christoph
Ripley, Thomas
Rizzo, Antonio di Giovanni
Robbia, Andrea della
Robbia, Giovanni della
Robbia, Girolamo della
Robbia, Luca della
Robert de Coucy
Robin, Pierre
Roesner, Karl
Roger (I)
Roger (II)
Rohault de Fleury, Charles
Rohault de Fleury, Hubert
Rondelet, Jean Baptiste
Root, John Wellborn
Roritzer, Konrad (Thomas and Wolfgang)
Rosengarten, Albert
Ross, Ludwig
Rossi, Domenico
Rossi, Giovanni Battista de
Rosso, Il
Roubillac, Louis François
Roussel, Jehan
Royers de la Valfenière, Francois des
Rude, François
Ruggieri, Ferdinando
Ruijsbroeck. Jan van
Ruskin, John
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Theory needed: contextualism/transparency
2008.08.29 08:04
"Tafuri opposes the notion of operative criticism with that of historical criticism: in his view, criticism and history are identical--in other words, architectural criticism should always be historical criticism; what is more, there is a hiatus between architectural criticism on the one hand and architectural practice on th other. Architectural criticism (architectural criticism, that is) cannot be expected to offer any ready-made solutions for the problems that occur in the practice of the profession. All that history and criticism can do is clarify the context--in the broadest sense of the word--within which architectural production is carried out; they cannot provide any guidelines for its future development."
--the person who drove me back to my hotel after dinner at the Zenghelis/Gigantes residence.
Context used to be more real and is now more virtual.
Transparency used to be more virtual and is now more real.
I find that virtual criticism and virtual history are forward looking and trailblazing.
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