For an Architecture of Reality
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
78 pages
978-1-972474-09-9 (ISBN)
Description
In For an Architecture of Reality, Michael Benedikt explains four quintessential qualities of Realness; presence, materiality, significance and emptiness. Benedikt's objections to Postmodern inauthenticity in the 1980's is relevant once more as architects design in an increasingly virtual world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
30 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 120 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-972474-09-9 (9781972474099)
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Person
Michael Benedikt was the Director of the Center for American Architecture and Design at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught from 1975-2025. Michael held the Hal Box Chair in Urbanism, and was an ACSA Distinguished Professor of Architecture. He was a graduate of Yale University and of The University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His previous books are For an Architecture of Reality, Deconstructing the Kimbell, Cyberspace: First Steps, Shelter: The 2000 Raoul Wallenberg Lecture, God Is the Good We Do, and fourteen volumes of the journal series CENTER: Architecture and Design in America.