Deconstructivism existed long before the 1970s, writes architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, who wrote the book Architecture Unbound to tell the full history of the style, in this opinion piece as ...

Frank Gehry's Vitra Design Museum is an example of the kind of architecture deconstructivist thinkers praise. In this chapter of Unified Architectural Theory, Nikos Salingaros argues why the ...

Our deconstructivism series profiles the architects and buildings of one of the 20th century’s most influential architecture movements. Emerging in the early 1980s, deconstructivism combines ideas ...

The question is often raised—such as in the recent Theory’s Curriculum program hosted by e-flux Architecture: why teach architectural theory? While theory was part of most architecture programs from ...

Even after last year’s extensive coverage, the rise of Postmodernism in the late 20th century continues to baffle. In their new reader on the last 40 years of architectural theory, An Introduction to ...

Architect and critic Irénée Scalbert looks at the dysfunctional relationship between the two callings, as a London Met exhibition and symposium tackles theory in architecture Architects and critics ...

In order to discuss any supposed contributions to architectural theory, it is necessary to define what architectural theory is. A theory in any discipline is a general framework that: (1) explains ...