Structural Racialism in modern architectural theory
Revisionist in the best possible way, this essay uncovers the racialist genealogies of modern architecture. Re-reading architectural history classics – including Quatremère de Quincy, Owen Jones, Viollet-le-Duc, Charles Garnier, Adolf Loos, or Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson – the author...
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Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 1
2022
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