Introduction Postmodern architecture drew criticism from the moment it became a named movement, and the criticism changed as much as the buildings did. This article asks how postmodernism was criticised and how that criticism changed between 1980 and 2026. It reads one dimension, the design: what critics found wrong in the buildings, in the principles […]
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Architectural Order: How Buildings Organize Space, Express Values, and Shape Everyday Life
What Is Architectural Order? Architectural order is one of the most important and most frequently misunderstood ideas in the theory of architecture. The phrase can suggest neatness, symmetry, or strict control: columns set in a row, a façade balanced around a central door, a plan that can be understood at a glance. Those qualities may […]
Architecture Modern Movement: A Century of Criticism, 1920–2026
Architects, professionals and academic researchers have criticised the architecture modern movement since the 1920s, and the argument has not stopped. This article draws on two directions of research. The first looks at the factors of criticism related to the movement’s design and its core ideology. The second looks at how criticism changed through history, and […]
Theory of Architecture Through the Lens of the Design Process: Reflection, Method, and Innovation
Introduction Architecture is often discussed as a finished object: a building photographed, visited, praised or criticised. Yet every building is the end point of a long chain of decisions, drawings, models, negotiations and revisions. Architectural theory, if it is to be more than a catalogue of styles, must therefore explain how architecture is thought into […]