In this collection of mediations on what Baudelaire championed (and Michael Fried chastised) as presentness, Lavin investigates the convergence of notions such as liveness, the provisional & the obsolete in revealing qualities of the contemporary. Three sets of essays explore different forms of architectural time, particularly as they shape the differences between history, theory and criticism as genres of writing.
- ISBN13 9781907896323
- Publish Date 24 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Architectural Association Publications
- Imprint Bedford Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English