rogueHAA is pleased to announce the next exciting event in its 2011-2012 lecture series: ARCHIcritical: Evolving Detroit’s Architectural Criticism.

Architectural criticism is a productive and creative literary practice, challenging the architectural profession to consciously examine itself while simultaneously guiding its evolution. Bound in a mutually constructive association, architecture and architectural criticism contribute to each other in reactive and proactive ways. 

But what is the function of architectural criticism (and architecture) for societies consumed with economic, social, and environmental crises, which may or may not be directly related to the built environment?  Should architecture (and architectural criticism) focus solely on the built environment, or more actively engage the societies that inhabit and/or fund them?  How does architectural criticism react to a practice (and public) shifting from a desire for superstarchitecture towards socially conscious, equitable design?  Can this symbiotic relationship be more productive towards this end goal? 

ARCHIcritical brings together six distinguished architectural critics to expound upon these difficult questions. 

Participants:

• Frank X. Arvan – President, AIA Detroit
• Jennifer Conlin – Contributor, New York Times
• Sarah F. Cox – Editor, Curbed Detroit
• John Gallagher – Architectural Writer, Detroit Free Press
• Karrie Jacobs – Writer, Architectural Critic, Editor
• Reed Kroloff – Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum

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See also: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: rogueHAA’s archiCRITICAL Exhibition