Modern Architectural Theory

Harry Mallgrave's comprehensive survey of architectural theory, primarily in Europe and the United States, contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere over three centuries of development. He explores the philosophical and conceptual evolution of its ideas, the relation of theory to the practice of building, and, most importantly, the words ...

Harry Mallgrave's comprehensive survey of architectural theory, primarily in Europe and the United States, contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere over three centuries of development. He explores the philosophical and conceptual evolution of its ideas, the relation of theory to the practice of building, and, most importantly, the words of the architects themselves as they contentiously shaped their particular niche of Western civilization over time.

H.F.马尔格雷夫（Harry Francis Mallgrave），当代西方著名建筑史家，伊利诺伊理工学院荣休教授，英国皇家建筑师学会荣誉会员。

陈平（译者），上海大学美术学院教授、博士生导师，全国美协理论委员会委员。曾任中国美术学院出版社副总编辑、上海大学美术学院美术史论系主任。著有《李格尔与艺术科学》《西方美术史学史》《外国建筑史》，译介西方经典美术史学著作十余种。