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Their wordsArchitecture, as an autonomous, theory-led discipline, has ceased to exist.
Their wordsHowever, the resultant structures are no works of architecture, but mere buildings, because the design of these buildings is no longer informed and steered by a living, critical discourse.
Their wordsThe problem is that under contemporary conditions of societal versatility, complexity, and dynamism, only an academically based, discursively empowered profession, developed via theory-guided research and experimentation, can fulfil, adapt, and progress this societal function of the built environment.
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