Why architectural theory is not developing

Authors

  • Alexander Rappaport

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.72.1998

Keywords:

architectural theory, science, lack of theory, social reality, developmen, retrospectivism

Abstract

This article is devoted to the problem of architecture’s relative independence from its theory. From the 18th to the 20th century, architects followed scientists in inventing theories using numbers, formulas and figures. They tried to comprehend architecture with the help of space and time categories, applying biological and linguistic theories to architecture. The author states that the phenomenon of architectural theory can only be explained from the postulate of its independence as a form of human culture.

How to Cite

Rappaport, A. (2022). Why architectural theory is not developing. Project Baikal, 19(72), 161–162. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.72.1998

Published

2022-06-24

Issue

No. 72 (2022): linearity

Section

refereed articles - post scriptum

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

References

Vitruvius, P. M. (2005). De architectura. Libri decem (F. A. Petrovsky, Trans.). In From the History of Architectural Thought. Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Scientific-Research Institute of Architectural Theory and Urban Planning. Moscow: URSS: KomKniga (OOO Lenand).