What is the state of architecture today? This was the question posed in 1960 by the critic Reyner Banham in a series of articles he published in the Architectural Review under the heading of “Stocktaking,” which examined what he perceived as a growing schism between tradition and technology in architecture. Just over 50 years later, Log 28: Stocktaking reprises Banham’s inquiries in a similarly divided moment. Guest edited by architect Peter Eisenman and historian Anthony Vidler, the magazine features interviews conducted by the editors to assess the current conditions of architectural practice, pedagogy, theory, and criticism.
Contents
Pier Vittorio Aureli, A project is a lifelong thing; if you see it, you will only see it at the end
Preston Scott Cohen, The inevitable flatness of floors interests me
Elizabeth Diller, Architecture is a technology that has not yet discovered its agency
Peter Eisenman & Anthony Vidler, In Conversation
Lydia Kallipoliti, It is our obligation to translate the emerging ecology of the cloud
Jeffrey Kipnis, I am for tendencies
Greg Lynn, If I can take a ride in a driverless car on a public street, then I see no reason why my building can’t wiggle a little
Patrik Schumacher, I am trying to imagine a radical free-market urbanism
Felicity D. Scott, I want to argue that contemporary scholarship be cast as a sort of ongoing counter-memory to familiar historical narratives
Brett Steele, The key project of the architectural school today is the making of audiences, not architects
Bernard Tschumi, I do not mind people being innocent, but I hate when they’re naive
Anthony Vidler, Taking Stock: Architecture 2013
Sarah Whiting, I am interested in a project of engaged autonomy
Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Humans are not so interesting now; at least not exclusively interesting
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