Can The Book Still Kill The Building

Three recent books broach architecture criticism from an historical, practical and theoretical angle. Each in their own way, they paint a complex and complete picture of the current situation with regard to this subject: The Printed and the Built traces the European adventure of the 19 th century press; From Crisis to Crisis analyzes the globalized world; Critique de l'architecture : un tat des lieux contemporain proposes a novel summary in France, reinstating the historical origins of criticism and creating openings for its practice today. The structure and the approach of these books-many different contributions, transcriptions of discussions and, in the case of the last of the three, an artist's book-are radically different

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