Bringing into dialogue a range of geographically, institutionally and historically competing positions, the book examines and explores parallel debates in related fields.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction - 1: Architectural Theory in an Expanded Field
• Introduction - 2: Reading the Handbook - C. Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen
• SECTION 1 POWER/DIFFERENCE/EMBODIMENT
• 1 Introduction: Shifting Paradigms and Concerns - Hilde Heynen and Gwendolyn Wright
• 2 Architecture, Capitalism and Criticality - Ole W. Fischer
• 3 Interrogating Difference: Postcolonial Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism - Jyoti Hosagrahar
• 4 Tendencies and Trajectories: Feminist Approaches in Architecture - Jane Rendell
• Section 1 Bibliography
• 5 Citizenship - Ines Weizman
• SECTION 2 AESTHETICS/PLEASURE/EXCESS
• 6 Introduction: Architecture and Aesthetics - John Macarthur and Naomi Stead
• 7 Architectural Phenomenology and the Rise of the Postmodern - Jorge Otero-Pailos
• 8 Formalism and Forms of Practice - Sandra Kaji-O’ Grady
• 9 Art in (and of) Architecture: Autonomy and Medium - Bart Verschaffel
• Section 2 Bibliography
• 10 Consumption - Ana Miljački
• SECTION 3 NATION/WORLD/SPECTACLE
• 11 Introduction: Enacting Modernity - AbdouMaliq Simone
• 12 Rethinking the Nation - Abidin Kusno
• 13 Entangled Modernities in Architecture - Duanfang Lu
• 14 Notes on the Society of the Brand - Shiloh Krupar and Stefan Al
• Section 3 Bibliography
• 15 Heritage - Fernando Diez
• SECTION 4 HISTORY/MEMORY/TRADITION
• 16 Introduction: Time's Arrows: Spaces of the Past - C. Greig Crysler
• 17 Preservation and Modernity: Competing Perspectives, Contested Histories and the Question of Authenticity - Mrinalini Rajagopalan
• 18 Collective Memory Under Siege: The Case of ‘Heritage Terrorism’ - M. Christine Boyer
• 19 Concepts of Vernacular Architecture - Robert Brown and Daniel Maudlin
• Section 4 Bibliography
• 20 Culture - Paul Walker
• SECTION 5 DESIGN/PRODUCTION/PRACTICE
• 21 Introduction: Architecture's Double-Bind - Dana Cuff
• 22 Prometheus Unchained: The Multiple Itineraries of Contemporary Professional Freedom - Paolo Tombesi
• 23 Manners of Working: Fabricating Representation in Digital Based Design - Christopher Hight
• 24 Plural Profession, Discrepant Practices - David Salomon
• Section 5 Bibliography
• 25 Flows - Stephen Cairns
• SECTION 6 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/VIRTUALITY
• 26 Introduction: Technology, Science and Virtuality - Arie Graafland and Heidi Sohn
• 27 Virtual Architecture, Actual Media - N. Katherine Hayles and Todd Gannon
• 28 Technology, Virtuality, Materiality - Antoine Picon
• 29 Architecture, Technology and the Body: From the Prehuman to the Posthuman - Jonathan Hale
• Section 6 Bibliography
• 30 Infrastructure - Delia Duong Ba Wendel
• SECTION 7 NATURE/ECOLOGY/SUSTAINABILITY
• 31 Introduction: Whither ‘Earthly’ Architectures: Constructing Sustainability - Simon Guy
• 32 The Ecology Question and Architecture - Richard Ingersoll
• 33 Beyond Sustainability: Architecture in the Renewable City - Peter Droege
• 34 Tropical Variants of Sustainable Architecture: A Postcolonial Perspective - Jiat-Hwee Chang
• Section 7 Bibliography
• 35 Landscapes - Kelly Shannon
• SECTION 8 CITY/METROPOLIS/TERRITORY
• 36 Introduction: Metropolis, Megalopolis and Metacity - Brian McGrath and Grahame Shane
• 37 The Contemporary European Urban Project: Archipelago City, Diffuse City and Reverse City - Paola Viganò
• 38 Slum as Theory: Mega-Cities and Urban Models - Vyjayanthi Rao
• 39 Common Lines of Flight Towards the Open City - Deborah Natsios
• Section 8 Bibliography
• 40 Housing - Iain Low