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THE STRANGE DEATH OF ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM MARTIN PAWLEY COLLECTED WRITINGS

Edited by David Jenkins Foreword by Norman Foster

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Contents

10 Foreword-Norman Foster 13 Introduction-David Jenkins

24 The Time House 1968 35 Looking for asound 1969 40 Meeting Buckminster Fuller 1970 45 A new kind ofmessage in a bottle 1975 48 My lovely student li fe 1975 59 We shall not bulldoze Westminster Abbey:

Archigram and the retreat from technology 1976 70 Thoughts on the design ofhouses and banknotes 1978 72 This England-eoming horne 1980 74 What does vernacular really mean? 1981 76 The defence ofmodern architecture 1983 85 Sex, violence and design 1983 87 Self-build workstations: a partial history 1983 90 Norman Foster 6.0, 6.0, 6.01984 95 Building revisits: Coventry Cathedral 1984 99 Building revisits: Hunstanton School 1984 106 The most important building ofthe twentieth century 1984 109 Heavy stuffthis symbolism 1984 113 Beyond messing about in boats 1984 117 Office design in Eternia 1985 119 Quinlan Terry: beyond the tantrums ofmodernism 1985 123 Plucky Jim 1985 128 Doubts about Lloyd's 1986 134 Two triumphs oftwisted wire 1986 140 Dan Dare: an extremely small step for mankind 1986 143 Welcome to the House ofFun 1986 147 Awinter school's tale 1987 149 Objects ofour time: the Piccadilly Line train 1987 154 Tower blocks and tourist castles 1987 158 Technology transfer 1987

173 The secret life ofthe engineers 1989

247 The cost of the new culture ofcities 1991

307 Meeting the future everywhere 1997 309 From here to modernity 1997

179 Life in the urban war zone 1989 186 Lost arks ofthe air 1989 189 Dymaxion: the car that never flew 1989 193 Is ecology all hot air? 1990 198 A precedent for the Prince 1990 208 The footmen ofAlexandra Road 1990 2II The best lecture I ever gave 1990 215 In pursuit ofthe ultimate driving machine 1990 219 Exogenous shock 1990 226 Where the big sheds are 1990 229 Notes on the meaning oftrivial things 1991 233 The design origins ofroyal train syndrome 1991 238 High-tech architecture: his tory versus the parasites 1991

250 Henry Ford and the biospherans 1991 253 What London learned from Las Vegas 1991 257 What's in a name? 1991 260 Stansted and the triumph ofbig sheds 1991 268 And you thought your car was good for nothing 1992 271 Nigel Coates: from nihilist to planner 1992 275 A full and Frank talk 1992 280 The case for uncreative architecture 1992 283 Lunch with Leon Krier 1992 288 Zaha escapes the pull ofgravity 1993 292 Tales ofthe obsolescent 1993 295 Invasion ofthe body snatchers 1995 297 Invasion ofthe vibrators 1996 299 Frank Lloyd Wright fights for his life 1996 301 The rise ofthe engineer 1996 304 After postmodernism, terrorism 1996

3II Seat pocket aliens 1997

313 The myth ofmonumentality 1997 318 So long recycling, here comes secondary use 1997 320 A night to remember 1998

322 Terminal architecture 1998

330 The strange death ofarchitectural criticism 1998

332 When air conditioning meets its match 1999

334 A brace offins du siecles 1999 336 The new life ofAlbert Speer 2000

338 Traffic congestion and confusion 2000 340 America: it's 24-7 at mission critical 2001 342 Ordering buildings Iike hamburgers 2001

344 Rocket science at the AA 2001 346 Shooting at statues 2001

348 Hong Kong's space shuffie 2001 350 Tal! buildings: the end ofa civilisation 2001 352 How to get famous by not building anything 2002

356 Battleships hold the key to the future oftall buildings 2002

358 Saved by the intelligent toilet 2002 360 Why prefabrication fails 2002

362 Technological jewels in the crown 2003

364 The defining moment ofmodernism 2003 366 Porsche 9II, a genetically modified machine 2003 372 Nonsuch Metropolitan University summer school 2003

374 Return ofthe phone box 2003 376 Not-so-smart intelligent buildings 2003 380 Henry Ford and the limits ofprefabrication 2003

390 Flying antiques 2004 392 Heavy bottles for a picnic 2004

382 The end ofan interface 2003

384 It's an ill wind ... 2004 386 The nine ages oftransport 2004

388 The myth ofthe urban future 2004

394 The strange world ofluxury watches 2004 396 The young dig in their heels 2005 398 How total urbanism will come to grief 2005 400 The answer to an historical conundrum 2005 402 The biggest house sale in history 2005

406 Notes

413 Sources 419 Bibliography

441 Index 448 Credits