In my lecture, therefore, I concentrate on Reyner Banham's design history and theory. I shall describe Banham as a Modernist who was preoccupied with Modernism's Baudelaire …
hamp, dematerialisation, and the future of design. Just as Banham sought to overturn the views of previous generations, these critics aim Provocative, engaged and inspired, The Banham …
1 Banham first coined the term “architecture autre” in his article “The New Brutalism”, published in December of 1955. It was analogous to the concept of “un art autre”, the subject and title of a …
Conventionally, Banham’s ground-breaking essay of 1955 ‘The New Brutalism’ is used as a starting-point for a unified history of New Brutalism. However, as it turns out, the Smithsons …
On March 19, 1988 Reyner Banham died of cancer in London, England, having retired as Professor of Art History at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1987.
Introduce an observer into any field of forces, influences or communications and that field becomes distorted.
Reyner Ba1lham, Brü.ish m·chitectural historian and critic, currently ~olds a fellowship /mm the Graham Foundation to investigate the role of mechanical services in the rise of modern …