Collected Essays in Architectural Criticism encompasses the clarity of style and rigorous, erudite analysis that Colquhoun has brought to bear on a diverse range of subjects, including Le Corbusier, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, the Pompidou Centre, Postmodernism and the design of museums. Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the. His meticulous evaluation of Modernism raised the standard of architectural historiography and has influenced new directions in theory and practice ever since. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright. In his early writing Colquhoun subjects modern architecture to a far more thorough reading than was then customary. This book includes essays from throughout Colquhouns distinguished career. He is the author of several books including the seminal Essays in Architectural Criticism, 1981, Modernity and the Classical Tradition, 1991, (both republished here in their entirety) and The Oxford History of Modern Architecture, 2002.

Currently Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Princeton University, he has taught at the AA, Cornell University and University College Dublin, among many other schools of architecture. Born in 1921, Colquhoun graduated from the Architectural Association in 1949. Collected Essays in Architectural CriticismĬollected Essays in Architectural Criticism is an indispensable anthology of writing by one of the most important voices in architectural theory of the last 50 years.

Modern Architecture by Alan Colquhoun