On the Duty and Power of Architectural Criticism: Proceeds of the International Conference on Architectural Criticism 2021

A rich collection of essays that offer essential, independent voices on architecture criticism in a highly challenging media environment.

Should architectural criticism be enlightening? Should it help in the creation of a better built environment? Is there a factual basis to it? Does it have a duty to present evidence in the evaluation of a building? Or should it take on what architects say about their designs? In the context of a flat internet, should architectural criticism be able to def...