Four Conversations on the Discourse of Architecture with Aaron Levy, William Menking, Thomas Weaver

Architecture on Display coalesces around the simple premise that architecture is something that problematizes its own display. Exploring the questions that exhibitions raise rather than recapitulating the exhibitions themselves, this two-part research and publication series hopes to offer a new model for future curatorial endeavors through open-ended conversation. In Four Conversations on the Discourse of Architecture, Slought Foundation’s Aaron Levy and William Menking of The Architect’s Newspaper depart from the findings of Volume One, On The History of the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Assuming a dialogic approach, Volume Two draws from conversations with fifty practitioners, including architects and designers, theorists and historians, editors and publishers, students and professors to investigate the importance of cultivating critical and creative publics. Join Levy, Menking, and publisher Thomas Weaver of the Architectural Association for a lively discussion of their publication and of architecture’s public. Van Alen Books