Monumental banality.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)

From: The Architectural Review | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Chapman, Jed | Copyright information

SIR: It is true to say that much of modern architectural theory is derived from literary theory and post-structuralism of the late '90s. In Peter Davey's article (AR July 2005). we have another attempt to give meaning to and so justification for the monumental memorial in the heart of Berlin, which is approached here and there by both 'theory' on the part of Eisenman and by interpretation and use of a string of similes on the part of the reviewer. Indeed, the whole of the massive i...

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