From the time that Sigfried Giedion established his generational theory of Modernity – that major bang on the table that was determined to be a tabula rasa – the idea of heritage was ready to put in an appearance. As the discourse of Modernity over t
“Fixity is always momentary.” The line from Octavio Paz’s The Monkey Grammarian, a poetic pilgrimage to Galta, in the heart of Rajasthan, could serve as an introduction to this book by the architect and Harvard GSD professor Rahul Mehrotra, a compila
The history of modern architecture began with the demolition of long-held certainties. With foundations pushed away by enlightened ideas, architects went in search of a legitimizing principle for their discipline. The only certainty we can make out,
A fragment suffices to conjure the whole. The loose end instantly brings up the image of the moment, and everything falls in place. ‘Loose Ends’ is precisely the title under which Carlos Martí Arís has gathered various writings in a book. The work in