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Book cover of Contextualism and Essays on Architectural History and Theory; featuring an Art Deco skyscraper flanked by tall office buildings. Published by ORO Editions.

Contextualism and Essays on Architectural History and Theory

By (author) Stuart Cohen

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  • The book includes the author’s landmark article that introduced the term contextualism into architectural discourse
  • New material includes an essay on the work at the turn-of-the-last-century Chicago architect George Maher
  • A collection of the author’s influential essays published in Architectural periodicals from the 1970s to the present
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A collection of essays published from the 1970s to the present on architectural theory and architectural history. Either consciously or unconsciously, architecture comes to embody the most stable and persistent values of a culture, and through this institutions become symbolised by their buildings; their values become associated with architectural forms. These forms represent the architect’s judgements of the natural world and the built environment.

About the Author

Stuart Cohen is an author, educator, and practicing architect. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and recipient of the Chicago Chapter of the AIA Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021. He is professor of architecture emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is the recipient of an award for excellence in design from the Society of Architectural Historians and in 2018 he received the Arthur Ross Award from the Institute for Classical Architecture and Art for his writing. 

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Publisher
ORO Editions
ISBN
9781966515692
Published
8th Sep 2026
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Malaysia, and Australasia. India non-exclusive.
Size
229 mm x 152 mm
Pages
240 Pages
Illustrations
200 color
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