On the possibility of writing/ describing architecture. From erudition to virtuality via a polemic

The selection we have here is eminently representative of the kind of thing that is published–apart, that is, from guides, which sell the best, and luxurious, privately printed hagiographies of living architects (often paid for by construction firms). This selection, not really for the general public, comes outside the architecture/art coffee table book category. It contains two opposing groups of three: on one side, two erudite historical volumes setting out to present the work of the Ecole

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