by Josep Maria Montaner · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425217685
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«Arquitectura y crítica» is Josep Maria Montaner's essay on architectural criticism, published in 1999 by Editorial Gustavo Gili in paperback (109 pages).
Historical survey of architectural criticism from the nineteenth-century pioneers to poststructuralism, featuring figures such as Giedion, Loos, Le Corbusier, Eisenman, Koolhaas and Frampton. It covers existentialism, phenomenology, iconography and structuralism, and asks what criticism is, its aims and its meaning.
Part of the GG Básicos collection and includes bibliographic references (pages 101-103) and an index.
Intended as an introductory text, it is useful for readers interested in understanding the evolution of criticism and the historiography of architecture.
